Frederic Horace OLDHAM

Regimental number1714
Place of birthKabakada New Britain
ReligionMethodist
OccupationBank clerk
AddressQueens Avenue, St Arnaud, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Alice E Oldham, Queens Avenue, St Arnaud, Victoria
Enlistment date11 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentActing Sergeant
Unit name22nd Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/39/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 16 July 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll21st Battalion
FateDied of disease 11 March 1917
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialDernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot VI, Row C, Grave No. 40), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
94
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frederick B. and Alice E. OLDHAM, Horsham, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 703 Pte Harold Grant OLDHAM, 2nd Machine Gun Bn, returned to Australia, 5 April 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal