OLDFIELD, George
| Service Number: | 2370 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Paterson, New South Wales, Australia, 22 May 1877 |
| Home Town: | Waratah West, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Waratah School of Arts, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Natural Causes , Waratah, New South Wales, Australia, 5 November 1934, aged 57 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 4-07. 54. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 4 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2370, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 17 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2370, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2370, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2370, 35th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines, GSW to right forearm | |
| 18 Dec 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2370, 35th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD due to wounding |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, now resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
87 years ago today, on the Tuesday afternoon of the 6th November 1934, Private George Oldfield, 35th Battalion (Reg No-2370), labourer (B.H.P. Steelworks, Newcastle, N.S.W.), of 9 Georgetown Road, Waratah, New South Wales, father of six, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 57. METHODIST 4-07. 54.
Born at Paterson, New South Wales on the 22nd May 1877 to Charles and Charlotte Oldfield; husband of Elizabeth Ann Oldfield nee Davis (married 1905, Waratah, N.S.W., died 1943, also sleeping here, of 37 Georgetown Road, Waratah, N.S.W. and 8 Newcastle Street, Mayfield, N.S.W.), George enlisted May 1916 at Waratah, N.S.W.
George was invalided home November 1917, being discharged medically unfit (compound fracture of right ulna) on the 18th December 1917.
I have not located Mr. Oldfield’s name inscribed on any known War Memorial or Roll of Honour.
I located George resting in an unmarked grave, apparently long forgotten, so February 2021 I placed a cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, taken a photo of the grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service.
A Plaque will be placed at the gravesite courtesy of the Forgotten Diggers Headstone Project to restore Honour and Dignity to George.
George's son Mervyn Henry (NX122679) served 2nd A.I.F.
Lest We Forget.
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