Oakes, Arthur Wellesley

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M.A., Diploma in Economics and Commerce, F.C.P.A. : Trooper, 1st A.L.H. Regt., A.I.F., Gallipoli. Enlisting and sailing in October, 1914, served with B Squadron in Anzac from the Landing until death. Killed in Action, in an attack on Turkish trenches opposite Pope's Hill, 7th August, 1915. Commemorated in Lone Pine Memorial. The ARTHUR OAKES Memorial Prize has been founded and is awarded annually in the Faculty of Economics. Early education at All Saints' College, Bathurst. Descendant of earliest pioneer Australian settlers. He fell in the van of a most heroic charge against the Turkish trenches at the third trench. Without pressure, from pure patriotism, he gave up everything . . . ' finis coronat opus.' The position where he fell speaks as to his bravery.

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1886

Oakes A.W. : Life.Birth 18 Jun 1886
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Early education at All Saints' College, Bathurst, NSW, Australia
1910

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1910
1911

Tertiary education at University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD, Australia 1911
1913

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1913
1914

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1914
1914

Enlisted 1 Oct 1914
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Military service as Private
1915

Military service as Trooper at Gallipoli -4th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery-, Turkey 25 April 1915
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Military award: 1914-15 Star on
1915

Death in Anzac Cove -Pope's Hill- Gallipoli, Turkey 7 August 1915

Gender

Male

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