Valentine Sydney OAKES

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Service Number:	7901
Enlisted:	22 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	4th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Fairfield, Victoria, Australia, 30 December 1896
Home Town:	Brighton, Bayside, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Windsor, Victoria, Australia, 8 January 1971, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cheltenham Memorial Park, Victoria, Australia
Memorials:

22 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 7901, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
22 Nov 1915:	Involvement 7901, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
22 Nov 1915:	Embarked 7901, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Persic, Melbourne
8 Jun 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 7901, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Remained on duty
7 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Gassed.
9 Mar 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, From 6th Field Artillery Brigade
26 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

Son of Sydney John (Jack) Oakes and Ada Rose Oakes nee Lyons of 'Wiltshire', Windermere Street, Brighton, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 31 May 1919 aboard HT Rio Negra disembarking on 12 July 1919

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

During 1919c Valentine married Freida Jane Hardward in Victoria