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OXENHAM, Gordon Vincent
Personal Details
Service Number: | Officer |
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Enlisted: | 15 March 1916, Sydney, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps |
Born: | Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 26 March 1893 |
Home Town: | Boggabri, Narrabri, New South Wales |
Schooling: | St Ignatius College Riverview, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Grazier |
Died: | Killed In Action, Palestine, 27 June 1918, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
Jerusalem War Cemetery Panel 60 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bathurst War Memorial Carillon, Jerusalem Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
15 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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21 Jun 1917: | Involvement Second Lieutenant, Officer, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
21 Jun 1917: | Embarked Second Lieutenant, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), HMAT Suevic, Melbourne | |
27 Jun 1918: | Involvement Lieutenant, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 1 Squadron AFC awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-06-27 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Gordon Vincent OXENHAM was born on 26th March, 1893 in Randwick Sydney
His parents were Humphrey OXENHAM and Elizabeth WAKFER who married in St Patricks Church on 8th January , 1879 - Gordon was one of nine children