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OLDFIELD, Walter
(Service number 6/523)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Sergeant

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Temuka
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs Sarah Ann Oldfield, Brookside Farm, Temuka, Canterbury
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Date	16 October 1914
Transport	Tahiti or Athenic
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Regiment

Military Awards

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Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

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Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	6 June 1972	Age	80 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Temuka Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 180, Plot 624
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Walter Oldfield was the son of Henry Oldfield and his wife Sarah Ann née Sheasby. Walter was educated at Temuka School. His brother Frederick william Oldfield was killed in action in 1917 in France.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [11 November 2016]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [11 November 2016]; Temuka Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [11 November 2016]

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