Harold Nelson OXENHAM

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OXENHAM, Harold Nelson

Service Number:	3886
Enlisted:	21 September 1915, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Surat, Queensland, Australia, 1 June 1896
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Hughenden State School
Occupation:	Railway Clerk
Died:	Died of Wounds, France, 14 November 1916, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Queensland Railways Chief Railway Auditors Branch Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

21 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Brisbane, Queensland
31 Jan 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3886, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
31 Jan 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3886, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Brisbane
14 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3886, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3886 awm_unit: 2 Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-11-14

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Biography

Sniped while carrying a wounded man to safety.

"News has been received of the death, while on active service, of another member of the staff of the Chief Railway Auditor - Mr. Harold N. Oxenham. The deceased was born on June 1, 1896, and at the time of his death was 20 years of age. He was educated at Hughenden, where his father, Mr. L. E. Oxenham, was for many years postmaster, and joined the staff of the Chief Railway Auditor in November, 1911. He remained in that office until going into camp (preparatory to leaving for the Front) on September 23 last year. The deceased, who was a brother of Mr. L. E. Oxenham, jun., of the Railway Commissioner's office, was a young man of exemplary character, and was held in high esteem by his fellow officers." - from the Brisbane Courier 02 Dec 1916 (nla.gov.au)

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