OAKENFULL, George Edwin
| Service Number: | 227 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 October 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 9th Mobile Veterinary Section |
| Born: | Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia, 1885 |
| Home Town: | Armadale, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, 15 May 1937, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Methodist DA, Grave 1237. Interred on 16 May 1937 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 227, 2nd Veterinary Section: AIF, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 227, 2nd Veterinary Section: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 227, 2nd Veterinary Section: AIF, HMAT Borda, Melbourne | |
| 22 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Mobile Veterinary Section, From 2nd Veterinary Section | |
| 5 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 9th Mobile Veterinary Section, From 8th Mobile Veterinary Section | |
| 5 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 227, 9th Mobile Veterinary Section, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Henry Phillip Oakenfull and Charlotte Oakenfull nee Ellis of Mooroopna, Victoria.
Brother of Ernest Oakenfull who returned to Australia on 25 April 1919 having served with the 12th Field Artillery Brigade ; William Henry Oakenfull who returned to Australia on 27 December 1918 having served with the 2nd Pioneer Battallion.
Husband of Daisy Oakenfull nee Jones of Fulton Street, Armadale, Victoria. George and Daisy married during 1910c in Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 22 November 1918 aboard HT Port Darwin disembarking on 24 December 1918
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Post war George was employed by the Colonial Gas Association Ltd. of Footscray, Victoria