Alfred Oldfield (1888 - 1951)

Born 23 Aug 1888 in Cooleman,NSW,Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Annie May Reynolds — married 1919 in ,Moss Vale,NSW,Australia

Husband of Annie May (Reynolds) Oldfield — married 1919 in Moss Vale, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 28 Jul 1951 at age 62 in Ashfield,NSW,Australia

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Biography

Born 23 Aug 1888. ,Cooleman,NSW,Australia Map: Longitude: E148.651111. Latitude: S35.631667. COR LAD 35. LAM 37. LAS 54. LAN 1. LOD 148. LOM 39. LOS 4. Note: #N33301528. @L2@

Died 28 Jul 1951. ,Ashfield,NSW,Australia

Christening: Anglican. 20 Mar 1892. ,Berridale,NSW,Australia

Residence 1909 "Gudgenby",Namadgi National Park,ACT,Australia. ^[1] Note: #N58938704. CRE 27 DEC 2010. Time: 18:48:16. 1915 ,Moss Vale,NSW,Australia. CRE 25 FEB 2017. Time: 15:08:53.

Occupation: Labourer. 1915^[2] CRE 27 DEC 2010. Time: 18:47:53.

MISE WWI - Trooper in 4 Battalion, Imperial Camel Corp (Army); Service # 2212. From 11 Sep 1915 to 09 Nov 1919. ,Goulburn,NSW,Australia^[3] Note: #N94881844. CRE 17 AUG 2014. Time: 15:43:45.

Cremation: 28 Jul 1951. Rookwood Cemetery,Rookwood,NSW,Australia. Note: #N36288478.

Eyes: blue.

Height: 5' 6½".

Physical Description: chest 35-38½". Description: mole on the right side of abdomen and the left side of chest.

Hair Color: light brown.

Weight: 152 lbs.

Note: #N41023608. #N42610890.

FID K81Q-VK6.

Marriage Marriage 1919 ,Moss Vale,NSW,Australia. ^[4] Husband Alfred Oldfield. Wife Annie May Reynolds. Child: Gordon Albert Oldfield. Pedigree: birth. Child: Bruce Oldfield. Pedigree: birth. Child: Audrey Oldfield. Pedigree: birth. Child: Frederick Oldfield. Pedigree: birth. Child: Gwyneth Mary Oldfield. Pedigree: birth.

Marriage 05 Jun 1881. St John's Church of England,Adaminaby,NSW,Australia. Note: #N36831546. Note: #N67162466. Husband Thomas Edward Oldfield. Wife Hannah Matilda Fisher. Child: Florence Eveline/Evelyn Oldfield. Pedigree: birth. Child: Henry Edward Cotter Harry Oldfield. Pedigree: birth. Child: Herbert Thomas Oldfield. Pedigree: birth. Child: Alfred Oldfield. Pedigree: birth. Child: Edward James Cotter Ted Oldfield. Pedigree: birth. Child: Bertha Matilda Oldfield. Pedigree: birth. Child: Muriel Millicent Oldfield. Pedigree: birth. Child: Eric Arnold Oldfield. Pedigree: birth.

Notes

Note N33301528.

ACT Memorial site gives date of birth as 23 JULY 1888 and place as Carwoola, NSW.

"He was born in 1888 at Carwoola (according to his attestation papers) or Adaminaby (according to the NSW Births, Deaths and Marriages)".

CHAN 25 FEB 2017. Time: 15:12:26.

CRE 25 FEB 2017. Time: 15:08:14.

Note N36288478.

Commemoration:

Queanbeyan RSL Wall of Remembrance, Crawford St, Queanbeyan NSW.

Moss Vale War Memorial.

CHAN 25 FEB 2017. Time: 15:11:00.

CRE 25 FEB 2017. Time: 15:10:53.

Note N41023608.

Rex Cross, 'Bygone Queanbeyan', 1980.

Matthew Higgins, 'Rugged Beyond Imagination', 2009 (references to his parents). Higgins, 'Voices from the Hills. Places, People and Past Lifestyles in Namadgi National Park', KHA 1990.

Peter Procter, 'Biographical Register of Canberra and Queanbeyan', Canberra, Heraldry and Genealogy Society of Canberra, 2001 (p.245).

Monaro Pioneers Index WW1 - www.monaropioneers.com/1st_aif_participants.htm.

Our Queanbeyan 'Boys' No.2, Howard & Shearsby, Yass (postcard).

NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920).

Queanbeyan Age - 7 September 1909, 27 May 1919.

CHAN 25 FEB 2017. Time: 15:23:04.

CRE 25 FEB 2017. Time: 15:23:02.

Note N42610890.

OLDFIELD Alfred Tarlton b 1888; par Thomas Edward and Hannah Matilda (nee FISHER); occ labourer; res Gudgenby 1909; m sp Annie May REYNOLDS; d 29 Jul 1951 Ashfield NSW.

CHAN 22 SEP 2013. Time: 18:08:10.

CRE 22 SEP 2013. Time: 18:08:08.

Note N58938704.

Gudgenby was settled - and the homestead built - in the early 1840s.

Possibly Glendale, near Gudgenby (according to ACT Memorial site).

CHAN 21 FEB 2017. Time: 22:40:18.

CRE 25 OCT 2013. Time: 17:49:07.

Note N94881844.

He embarked for Egypt in March 1916 and, after further training, served in Egypt from July 1916 with the 2nd Double Squadron which was involved in the defence of the Suez Canal. When the Double Squadron was disbanded he transferred, in November 1916, to the newly created 17th Company, 4th Australian Camel Regiment of the Imperial Camel Corps. The Camel Corps spent several months in early 1917 patrolling the western desert from Luxor in the south to the Mediterranean, fighting against hostile desert tribes. They then fought the Turks in Sinai and Palestine. Oldfield was treated for septic sores and scabies during 1917, the result of the poor diet the cameleers endured. He was also hospitalized in May 1918 with gastro enteritis and diarrhoea. In September 1918 a Medical Board hearing determined that Oldfield had neurasthenia (sometimes referred to as shell shock or, in modern terms, post traumatic stress disorder). He returned to Australia in March 1919 and was welcomed home at the Cuppacumbalong Sports Carnival in May 1919 where he was presented with a gold medal. Oldfield was discharged on 9 November 1919 in Sydney. 1

CHAN 17 AUG 2014. Time: 15:46:32.

CRE 17 AUG 2014. Time: 15:45:48.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S50059474
2. ↑ Source: #S50059474
3. ↑ Source: #S83674451 Certainty: 2 QUAL S
4. ↑ Source: #S64437376 Certainty: 2 QUAL S

• Source: S50059474 Biographical Register of the ACT 1820-1911 (Heraldry & Genealogy Society of Canberra) Note: #N9287832 File @O91756416@ 30 SEP 2013 Time: 05:54:04 CRE 27 DEC 2010 Time: 18:28:07 Certainty: 2 QUAL S

No NOTE record found with id N9287832.

• Source: S83674451 Narelle Bush 17 AUG 2014 Time: 15:52:15 CRE 17 AUG 2014 Time: 15:15:23 Unsourced family tree handed down to Roberta Muir.