Francis OAKLEY

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Service Number:	3115
Enlisted:	14 November 1916, Enlisted at Warragul, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	38th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Essex, England, 1895
Home Town:	Kilmany South, Wellington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia, June 1982, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne R W Gillard, Row U, Grave 41. Interred on 17 June 1982. Held in perpetuity
Memorials:

14 Nov 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3115, 37th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Warragul, Victoria
19 Feb 1917:	Involvement Private, 3115, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
19 Feb 1917:	Embarked Private, 3115, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne
23 Sep 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 38th Infantry Battalion, From 37th Battalion
1 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3115, 38th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of George Robert Walton Oakley and Sarah Oakley nee Wood of Union Road, Vicarage Lane, West Ham, Essex, England.

Commenced return to Australia on 16 January 1919 aboard HT Demosthenes disembarking on 2 March 1919

Medal: British War Medal

During 1919c Francis married Emily Cissy May Fixter