Alfred Joseph OAKLEY

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Service Numbers:	62, R62, 62, R62
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer Class 1
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Riverina, New South Wales, Australia, 19 May 1880
Home Town:	Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Commercial Traveller
Died:	Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia, 4 September 1954, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Box Hill General Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholic, Row 179, Grave 0056
Memorials:

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 62, R62, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Corporal, 62, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Corporal, 62, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
28 Jul 1916:	Involvement R62, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
28 Jul 1916:	Embarked R62, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
28 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Warrant Officer Class 1, 62, R62, 7th Infantry Battalion, Discharged in London, England as medically unfit

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as Madeline Street, Carlton, Victoria.

Son of Augustus Walter Oakley and Mary Theresa Oakly of Dryburgh Street, North Melbourne, Victoria.

Invalided to Australia on 17 March 1916 aboard HS Ascanius due to shell shock later embarked to return to AIF in France

In October 1921 Alfred was living in Surrey, England. In 1946 he was residing in Moonee Ponds, Victoria having returned via New Zealand

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