Sad but he joins a digger of the past.
Chapter 3 – The Rearguard Actions in the Florina Valley
Their grey-clad infantry moved in close formation — surprising tactics to the Australians who had been schooled in the necessity for dispersion in the attack — and, near the left flank of the 2/8th, succeeded in overrunning the foremost platoon (Lieutenant Oldfield's 6) all but six of which were killed or captured.
6 Lt T.C. Oldfield, VX7066; 2/8 Bn. Clerk ; of Albury, NSW; b. Blayney, NSW, 14 Jan 1921. Killed in action 12 Apr 1941. Oldfield had added three years to his age on enlistment in Oct 1939, to 21 years and thus had enlisted at 18, been commissioned at 19, and killed at 20.
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