Walter Flood OAKES

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Service Number:	1810
Enlisted:	9 August 1915, Enlisted at Dubbo, NSW
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Gowrie, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	New South Wales, Australia , 5 August 1982, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Wellington General Cemetery, NSW
Memorials:	Geurie Honour Roll

9 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1810, 30th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Dubbo, NSW
17 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 1810, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
17 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 1810, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
4 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 13th Infantry Battalion, From 30th Battalion
3 May 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 1810, 13th Infantry Battalion, Bomb wound to the shoulder. Invalided to England on 18 May 1918.
26 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1810, 13th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of John G.R. Oakes and Mary Smith formerly Oakes of Gowrie, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 15 January 1919 aboard HT City of Exeter disembarking on 6 March 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1923c William (using the name Walter) married Ethel G. Matthews in Wellington, NSW