OAKEY, Allan Norman
(Service number 4/428)
| First Rank | Lieutenant | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 11/10/1888 | Place of Birth | Lyttelton |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | 7 Rugby Street, Merivale, Christchurch | ||
| Occupation | Clerk (Defence Department) | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Miss Hilda Frances OAKEY (sister), 7 Rugby Street, Merivale, Christchurch | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | Main Body | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | New Zealand Field Engineers | ||
| Date | 16 October 1914 | ||
| Transport | Maunganui | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
For Valour, at the Dardanelles. London Gazette 5 October 1915
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 5 August 1977 | Age | 88 years |
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| Place of Death | Christchurch | ||
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Biographical Notes
Allan Norman Oakey, the son of Alfred Henry Oakey, was educated at West Christchurch School. Norman Oakey suffered permanent disability as a result of the gunshot wound to his left forearm. he was a warded the Military Cross for bravery on 6 August 1915, the first day of operations at Suv'a Bay at the Dardanelles. He received severe wounds in this operaion. After his return from the war, Lieutenant Oakey was on the staff of the Defence headquarters in Timaru. He was presented with the Military Cross by the Minister of Defence at a ceremony in Timaru in October 1916, this being the first ceremony of the kind in Timaru. "He was ayoung man when he went away - almost a boy - but he had come back a man bearing one of the greatest honours that could be conferred on him." [See Timaru Herald, 19 & 21 October 1916.]
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [25 May 2018]; Waimate Daily Advertiser, 9 February 1916, 3 May 1916, Timaru Herald, 18, 19 & 21 October 1916, (Papers Past) [21 May 2018]
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