OLDFIELD, Alfred Tarlton
| Service Number: | 2212 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 September 1915, Goulburn |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps |
| Born: | Carwoola near Queanbeyan, New South Wales, 23 July 1888 |
| Home Town: | Moss Vale, Wingecarribee, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Illness, Ashfield, Sydney, New South Wales, 29 July 1951, aged 63 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2212, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Goulburn | |
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| 22 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 2212, 6th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Pera embarkation_ship_number: A4 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 2212, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Pera, Sydney | |
| 9 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2212, 4 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Alfred Tarlton OLDFIELD was born in Carwoola near Queanbeyan, NSW on 23rd July, 1888
His parents were Thomas Edward OLDFIELD & Hannah FISHER who married in St Johns Church in Adaminaby on 5th June, 1881
He enlisted in Goulburn on 11th September, 1915 and embarked from Sydney with the 6th Light Horse Regiment, 15th Reinforcements on the HMAT Pera on 22nd March, 1916 - he transferred to the 4th Battalion of the Imperical Camel Corp in November, 1916
He returned to Australia on 26th March 1919 on the ship Ascanius and was discharged on 9th November, 1919 - he married Annie May REYNOLDS in 1919
Alfred died in Ashfield, Sydney on 29th July, 1951 & was cremated at Rookwood Cemetery in Sydney
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His brother Edwin James OLDFIELD also served during WW1 (SN 979) He served with the NSW Expeditionary Force from 11th August 1914 and was discharged on 4th March, 1915
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