OXLEY Oscar Vernon

4/357 Trooper, Wellington Mounted Rifles, WWI

36906 Trooper, 23 Battalion, WWII

21124 Legion of Frontiersmen, New Zealand

CITATION

Military Medal

Gazetted 2 April 1918, p4023

For bravery in the field at the Battle of Ayun Kara.

AWARDS

Military Medal

1914-15 Star

British War Medal

Victory Medal

1939-45 Star

Africa Star

War Service Medal

New Zealand War Service Medal

NOTES

Born 20 January 1894 Nelson, New Zealand

Died 19 July 1981 Wellington, New Zealand

Cremated but no known grave