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OAKES, Charles Fowler
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4773 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 February 1916, Enlisted at Brunswick, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kew, Victoria, Australia, 1877 |
| Home Town: | Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Glenhuntly, Victoria, Australia, August 1968, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremation service held on 13 August 1968. Ashes originally interred in the Banksia area. |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4773, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brunswick, Victoria | |
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| 4 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 4773, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 4773, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 6 Jun 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4773, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to heart issues |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Campbell Hildebrand Oakes and Mary Oakes nee Wade of Kew, Victoria.
Husband of Lydia Emma Oakes nee Felstead of Barkly Street, Brunswick, Victoria. Charles and Lydia married during 1910c in Victoria. Father of Reuben J. Oakes, Lorna L.E. Oakes and Walter E.C. Oakes
Returned to Australia on 13 March 1917 aboard HT Ulysses
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal