Lawrence OAKS

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Service Number:	15741
Enlisted:	15 November 1915, Enlisted at sea.
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	1st Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales Australia , 1897
Home Town:	Katoomba, Blue Mountains Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railway Employee
Died:	Daw Park, South Australia, 15 June 1966, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia East area, Rose Bed E3, Site 6. Interred on 20 January 1967
Memorials:

15 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 15741, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at sea.
14 Apr 1916:	Involvement Driver, 15741, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
14 Apr 1916:	Embarked Driver, 15741, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
29 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, From 3rd Field Artillery Brigade in France
4 Nov 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, In the field. From the 1st Divisional Ammunition Column
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Gunner, 15741
15 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Discharge at the 2nd Military District

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Full name is Laurence Rupert McLeay Oaks but served as Lawrence Oaks

Next of kin given as his guardian W. Payne of 'Mayville', Albion Street, Katoomba, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 1 August 1919 aboard HT Argyllshire disembarking on 22 September 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

At the time of his death Laurence was residing in the Glenelg, SA