Cecil Henning OAKES

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Service Number:	2762
Enlisted:	20 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	57th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Waterman
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 26 April 1918
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France Originally buried but grave could not be located
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works Employees Ass. Pictorial HR, Nar Nar Goon Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

20 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2762, 57th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
27 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 2762, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 2762, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
23 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion, From 22nd Battalion, at Tel-el-Kebir
26 Apr 1918:	Involvement Private, 2762, 57th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2762 awm_unit: 57 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-26

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Son of John Doughton Oakes and Agnes Oakes nee Hannah of Port Melbourne, Victoria

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

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