Alexander Robert OADES

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Service Number:	944
Enlisted:	6 November 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	13th Field Company Engineers
Born:	London, England, 1892
Home Town:	Woollahra, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Boilermaker's Assistant
Died:	New South Wales, Australia , 1974, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

6 Nov 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 944, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
14 Jun 1917:	Embarked Private, 944, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
14 Jun 1917:	Involvement Private, 944, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
27 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, Field Company Engineers, From 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion
29 Jan 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 13th Field Company Engineers, In France, From Engineer Details
27 Mar 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 944, 13th Field Company Engineers, Wound to the eight knee.
22 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 944, 13th Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

Address at the time of enlistment was given as Oxford Street, Woollahra, NSW,

Son of Frederick Thomas Oades and Jenny Oades of Regent Hotel, Burdett Road, Bow, London, England.

Commenced return to Australia on 3 April 1919 aboard HT Leicestshire disembarking on 22 June 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1919c Alexander married Ethel M. Kerman in Newtown, NSW.