Francis Edward OAKES

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Service Number:	2293
Enlisted:	2 November 1915, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
Born:	Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia, 1886
Home Town:	Muswellbrook, Muswellbrook, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Horse Breaker
Died:	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 20 July 1971, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Newcastle Memorial Park (fmly Beresfield Crematorium) Rose P, 13/14
Memorials:

2 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2293, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
11 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 2293, 7th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
11 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 2293, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Orsova, Sydney
15 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
26 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 2293, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Edward Oakes and Mary Oakes of Sydney Road, Muswellbrook, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 28 June 1919 aboard HT Madras disembarking on 3 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1921c Franics married Muriel Varley in West Maitland, NSW