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OADES, Alexander Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 944 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 November 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 13th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | London, England, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Woollahra, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Boilermaker's Assistant |
| Died: | New South Wales, Australia , 1974, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 6 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 944, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 14 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 944, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
| 14 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 944, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, Field Company Engineers, From 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion | |
| 29 Jan 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 13th Field Company Engineers, In France, From Engineer Details | |
| 27 Mar 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 944, 13th Field Company Engineers, Wound to the eight knee. | |
| 22 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 944, 13th Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Address at the time of enlistment was given as Oxford Street, Woollahra, NSW,
Son of Frederick Thomas Oades and Jenny Oades of Regent Hotel, Burdett Road, Bow, London, England.
Commenced return to Australia on 3 April 1919 aboard HT Leicestshire disembarking on 22 June 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1919c Alexander married Ethel M. Kerman in Newtown, NSW.