Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Melbourne Victoria |
Other training | 1st year education (Arts), University of Melbourne, Victoria |
Occupation | School master |
Address | Melbourne, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 23 |
Height | 5' 5" |
Weight | 144 lbs |
Next of kin | Guardian, Sister Esther Oldfield, Church of England Mission, 261 Spring Street, Melbourne, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served in the 60th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces (Carlton). |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Lieutenant |
Unit name | 6th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/23/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 6th Battalion |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | 2nd Casualty Clearing Station |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Next of kin advised 'dangerously ill', 25 October 1915. Admitted to 1st Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis, 5 November 1915 (typhoid fever); removed from 'dangerously ill' list, 8 November 1915. Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HT 'Themistocles', 2 January 1916 (typhoid fever). Re-embarked, 22nd Bn, 12th Reinforcements, on board HT 'Euripides', 14 April 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 May 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 26 May 1916; taken on strength, 22nd Bn, 9 June 1916. Wounded in action, 25 June 1916 (multiple shell wounds, head and back; gun shot wounds, back and thigh), and admitted to 6th Field Ambulance. Transferred to 2nd Casualty Clearing Station, 26 June 1916, and died of wounds there, same day. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal Foster-Mother/Guardian, Sister Esther Oldfield, wrote to Base Records, 5 August 1920: 'I am the foster mother of the late 2nd Lieut. L. Oldfield, and he has no blood relations whatsoever. He was given to me some 28 years ago a helpless forsaken babe, & until he went to the war, was never far away. We could never trace any parents; but he boy never wanted a mother's care since I have had him, and his name is on the Honour Roll of Trinity College, University, where he was doing his Arts course, & he was in the University Rifles. I am therefore his only next of kin and his Will, which I have proved, was in my favour. He was a great joy to me & proved a Christian gentleman, never giving me a moment's anxiety. I was advised to apply for his War Gratuity, but I am not certain if a foster mother is entitled to it. I have been too busy to enquire. I have written fully, and what have said can be proved true by countless people.' |
Miscellaneous details | Name entered incorrectly on Embarkation Roll as Lawrence. |