Thomas OLDFIELD

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Service Number:	738
Enlisted:	11 December 1914, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	10th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Costerfield, Victoria, Australia, 1882
Home Town:	Subiaco, Nedlands, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Shearer
Died:	Accident - hit by a tram, Perth Hospital, Western Australia, 22 December 1927
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Anglican, Section LA, Grave 0404
Memorials:

11 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 738, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
19 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 738, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
19 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 738, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Itonus, Fremantle
30 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 738, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Bomb wound to the left arm
7 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 738, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Second occasion, Wound to the right arm amputated below elbow
27 Sep 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 738, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to amputations

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Son of John Henry Oldfield and Gray Fanny Elizabeth Oldfield nee Badcliffe of Subiaco, WA formerly of Costerfield, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 29 August 1915 aboard HT Euripides disembarking on 1 October 1915

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

Address at the time of death was Roberts Street, Subiaco, WA

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