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OXENHAM, McEvoy Anselm
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2259 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 April 1916, Enlisted at Townsville, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Army Pay Corps (AIF) |
| Born: | Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia, 20 July 1881 |
| Home Town: | West End, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 30 December 1919, aged 38 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot: 7A, 132, 1. Interred on 31 December 1919 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2259, 49th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Townsville, QLD | |
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| 16 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2259, 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2259, 49th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boorara, Brisbane | |
| 31 Aug 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Army Pay Corps (AIF), From 49th Battalion | |
| 9 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 2259, Army Pay Corps (AIF), Discharged at the 1st Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Leolin (Colin) Oxenham and Minnie Mary Oxenham nee McEvoy of Cameron Street, West End, Brisbane, QLD.
Brother of Harold Nelson Oxenham who was killed in Action on 14 November 1916 while serving with the 2nd Pioneer Battalion and has no known grave, his name appears on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
Commenced return to Australia on 6 September 1919 aboard HT Euripides disembarking on 24 October 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane
Medal: British War Medal