OXLADE, Gerald Victor
| Service Number: | 380 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 December 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Surrey England, January 1892 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Illness - war related, Military Sanatorium, Macleod, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 August 1919 |
| Cemetery: |
Warringal Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 380, 13th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 28 May 1915: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 380, 13th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 28 May 1915: | Embarked Lance Corporal, 380, 13th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Melbourne | |
| 5 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
| 28 Aug 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 380, 7th Infantry Battalion, 3rd MD |
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How We Served
The final resting place of 380 Lance Corporal Gerald Oxlade who had immigrated to Australia from Essex in England prior to the outbreak of hostilities, and was engaged in farming when he enlisted for War Service on the 15th of December 1914. Gerald was allocated to reinforcements for the 13th Light Horse Regiment 1st AIF, and was embarked for Egypt and further training on the 28th of May 1915. By the 4th of September Gerald had been taken on strength with his Regiment in the trenches of Gallipoli. Gerald remained on duty until he was evacuated due to injuries to his leg on the 5th of November.
Gerald was able to re-join his Regiment in Egypt during February 1916 but was again hospitalised due to his earlier injuries and was sent to England for further treatment. Following his discharge from hospital, Gerald was transferred to reinforcements for the 7th Battalion on the 5th of September 1916. Sent to France, Gerald entered the ‘Bull Ring’ at Etaples on the 3rd of November and after further training he was re-mustered to join the 1st ANZAC Light Horse on the 5th of July 1917. By the 30th of October Gerald had been evacuated ill to England suffering from bronchitis where his health was slow to improve, and on the 7th of June 1918 Gerald was being repatriated back to Australia as an invalid due to severe bronchitis.
Following his return from England Gerald discharged on the 22nd of August 1918 and was admitted into the 5th Australian General Hospital (Melbourne) where it was believed that Gerald had contracted tuberculosis. Although the tests he had could not validate this was the cause of his ongoing illness and instead he was admitted into the Military Sanatorium at Macleod. By the 15th of May 1919 Gerald was sent to, and admitted into the Military Mental Asylum (Mont Park), where he died whilst still in residence on the 3rd of August 1919.
With his passing Gerald was interred within (Heidelberg) Warringal Cemetery, Victoria
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