William John OATLEY

OATLEY, William John

    Service Numbers: 1035, 1036
    Enlisted: 6 September 1914, Enlisted at Pontville, Tasmania. Record show his number as 1035 not 1036
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 12th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Bermondesey, London, England, 1891
    Home Town: Queenstown, West Coast, Tasmania
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Tasmania, Australia, 26 April 1966, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania
    Roman Catholic, Row M, Grave 215. Interred on 27 April 1966. Commemorated with a plaque in the Hobart Garden of Remembrance
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    World War 1 Service

    6 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1035, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Pontville, Tasmania. Record show his number as 1035 not 1036
    17 Sep 1914: Involvement Private, 1036, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
    17 Sep 1914: Embarked Private, 1036, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Melbourne
    25 Apr 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1035, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wound to the hip
    19 Jun 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1035, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Second occasion. Wound to the left buttock. Embarked for England on 22 July 1915 aboard HS Devanha
    5 Sep 1916: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1035, 12th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 6th Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of W.J. Oatley of Bermondesey, England

    Commenced return to Australia on 15 August 1915 aboard HT Themistocles

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

    Husband of Madge Oatley nee Moore of Queenstown, Tasmania. William and Madge married on 13 September 1917 in Barrack Street, Hobart, Tasmania. Father of William Joseph Oatley

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