Reuben Munney Thornel OAKMAN

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OAKMAN, Reuben Munney Thornel

Service Number:	5391
Enlisted:	11 March 1916, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Humula, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Kyeamba, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Schooling:	Humula & Kyeamba Public Schools, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Name appears on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Humula District Great War Honour Roll, Humula Public School Great War Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Wagga Wagga Cenotaph

World War 1 Service

11 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5391, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW
22 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 5391, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
22 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 5391, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John Munney Oakman and Selina Ellen Oakman of Humula, NSW later of Kyeamba, NSW.

Brother of Elmore Bruce who returned to Australia on 25 July 1919 having served with the 4th Light Horse Regiment: Athol James Roy Oakman who returned to Australia on 7 August 1919 having served with the 1st Field Squadron Engineers.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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