Frank OATES

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Service Number:	1103
Enlisted:	7 April 1915, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Allendale, Victoria, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Inverleigh State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Grocer
Died:	Belmont, Victoria, Australia, 12 February 1969, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Geelong Eastern Cemetery, Victoria Lawn E, 808, Grave 0052. Name on grave is Francis Harold Oates. Commemorated with a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

7 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1103, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 1103, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 1103, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
30 Aug 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1103, 22nd Infantry Battalion, RTA 29 February 1916 and discharged as MU (illness).

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Served as Frank Oates.

Son of George Oates and Henrietta (Ettie) Oates nee Wimble of Hoddle Street, West Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 21 January 1916 aboard HT Commonwealth disembarking on 29 February 1916

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

During 1947c Frank married Elizabeth Rose Hale in Victoria