Albert Edgar OATES

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OATES, Albert Edgar

Service Number:	222
Enlisted:	17 November 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	Mining Corps
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1879
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 21 May 1927, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Stanthorpe General Cemetery, Queensland Section 2, Row H, Grave 20. Commemorated with a plaque in the QLD Garden of Remembrance
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World War 1 Service

17 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 222, Mining Corps, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
20 Feb 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 222, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
20 Feb 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 222, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney
20 Feb 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 222, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney
20 Feb 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 222, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
1 Nov 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), From Mining Corps
13 Nov 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 222, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Wound to the right leg.
24 Nov 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, Mining Corps, From wounding
21 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 222, Mining Corps, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to defective vision

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Charles Thomas Oates and Jane Oates nee Hawkey of Bendigo, Victoria.

Next of kin given as his wife Mary Malina Oates nee Jones of Elliott Street, Hawthorn, Brisbane, QLD. Albert and Mary married during 1902c in Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 25 March 1919 aboard HT Port Denison disembarking on 10 May 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal,Victory Medal

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