Leslie Cecil OAKLEY

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Service Number:	164
Enlisted:	18 August 1914, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	4th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, 1881
Home Town:	Kensington, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Storeman
Died:	Stomach cancer, Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, 29 June 1939
Cemetery:	Warrnambool Public Cemetery, Victoria Church of England, Row 33, Grave 001. Interred on 30June 1939
Memorials:

18 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 164, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 164, 4th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 164, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
25 Jul 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 164, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Thomas Oakley and Emma Sophia Oakley nee Ashton of Lava Street, Warrnambool, Victoria.

Brother of Leonard Ashton Oakley who returned to Australia on 15 May 1919 having served with the 59th Battalion.

Prior to enlisting Leslie had been employed with Nestle & Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company of Dennington, Victoria

During 1910c Leslie married Gertrude Grace Donnithorne of Elizabeth Street, Kensington, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 19 January 1916 aboard HT Star of Victoria disembarking on 29 February 1916

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal