James William OLDHAM

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Service Number:	6958
Enlisted:	1 May 1917, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	35th Infantry Battalion
Born:	New South Wales, Australia, 2 July 1898
Home Town:	North Ryde, Ryde, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Poultry 'Farm Hand
Died:	New South Wales, Australia , 22 July 1977, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Anglican Section 2C, Grave 399. Commemorated with a plaque in the NSW Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

1 May 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6958, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
16 Jul 1917:	Involvement Private, 6958, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
16 Jul 1917:	Embarked Private, 6958, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Sydney
12 Feb 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 35th Infantry Battalion, From 20th Battalion
15 Apr 1918:	Imprisoned Taken prisoner at Dernacourt while wounded. Wounds to the shoulder and both legs. Imprisoned at Limburg, Germany. Repatriated to England, via Holland, arriving on 31 August 1918
25 Jan 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6958, 35th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to mental issues

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Son of James Oldham and Ada Elizabeth Oldham address unknown. James was raised as a Ward of the State of NSW.

Next of kin given as a friend Frederick Mansfield Mills of Cox's Road, North Ryde, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 28 March 1919 aboard HT Karoa disembarking on 10 May 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1933c James married Ivy E. Garton in Kogarah, NSW