Arthur Wellesley OAKES

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OAKES, Arthur Wellesley

Service Number:	18
Enlisted:	24 August 1914
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	1st Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Wilcannia, NSW, 18 June 1886
Home Town:	Cremorne, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	All Saint's College Bathurst, University of Queensland
Occupation:	Accountant
Died:	Killed in Action, Pope's Post, Gallipoli, Turkey, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 August 1915, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bathurst War Memorial Carillon, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, University of Queensland WW1 Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

24 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Signaller, 18, 1st Light Horse Regiment
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement 18, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked 18, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney
7 Aug 1915:	Involvement Trooper, 18, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 18 awm_unit: 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-08-07

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of George and Helen OAKES, Kelso, New South Wales.

TROOPER OAKES KILLED.
A cable has been received announcing the death of Trooper A. W. Oakes, of the 1st Australian Light Horse, who was killed in action at the Dardanelles. He was the only son of Archdeacon Oakes, of Bathurst, and son-in-law of Mr. J. W. Duesbury, one time manager of Messrs. T. H. Marks and Co., Mudgeo, and now of Cremorne, and was married a few days before his departure to the front. Trooper Oakes was M.A. of Sydney University, and partner in a lending firm of accountants in Brisbane, which position he relinquished about 12 months ago in order to enlist.

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