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William Oates

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Photo, Peoples Journal 1925

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: 7868
  • Rank: Private
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers
  • Unit/Ship: 2nd Battalion
  • Place of Death: Belgium
  • Age at Death: 36
  • Date of Death: 23.04.1915
  • Burial Country: Belgium
  • Cemetery: Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 22

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address: 31 Princes Street, Dundee
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:
  • Father:

    William Oates

  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:

    Mary Jane Duncan Oates, 53 Derby St, Dundee

  • Children:

More about William Oates

William has no known grave but is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial.

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