Harold Grant OLDHAM

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OLDHAM, Harold Grant

Service Number:	703
Enlisted:	13 March 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Kabaka, New Britain, 9 September 1888
Home Town:	St Arnaud, North Grampians, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Albany, Western Australia, 15 June 1965, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Allambie Park Cemetery, Albany, Western Australia Grave appears to be unmarked
Memorials:	Horsham Methodist Circuit Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

13 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 703, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 703, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 703, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
9 Jun 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6th Machine Gun Company
29 Mar 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, From 6th Machine Company
27 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 703, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd MIlitary District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Frederick Bignell Oldham and Alice Edith Oldham of Queens Avenue, St Arnaud, Victoria, later of Horsham, Victoria.

Brother of Frederic Horace Oldham who died on 11 March 1917 while serving with the 21st Battalion and is buried in in the Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Plot V1, Row C, Grave 40; Wilfred Oldham who returned to Australia on 5 June 1919 having served with the Australian Army Medical Corps

Commenced return to Australia on 5 April 1919 aboard HT Warwickshire disembarking on 29 May 1919

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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