William John OATES

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Service Number:	15469
Enlisted:	12 May 1915, Enlisted at Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	4th Light Horse Field Ambulance
Born:	Perth, Western Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Nedlands, Western Australia, 20 October 1982, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Section IC, Wall 2, Niche 0073
Memorials:

12 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 15469, Army Medical Corps (AIF), Enlisted at Perth, WA
22 Feb 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 14th Australian General Hospital, At Moascar
20 Jul 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance, From Army Medical Corps
1 Nov 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 15469, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance, Battle of Beersheba, Wound to the left arm, later amputated.
13 Feb 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 15469, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to amputation
Date unknown:	Involvement Corporal, 15469, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: ''
Date unknown:	Embarked Corporal, 15469, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Kanowna, Brisbane

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Son of John Oates and Martha Oates nee Rogers Dyer Street, West Perth, WA

Commenced return to Australia on 28 December 1917 aboard HT Tofua disembarking on 24 January 1918

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

During 1928c William married Phyllis Mary Norriss in Perth, WA