Background
Oakley was born in Warrnambool, Victoria on 28 March 1871 to parents Elizabeth Oakley (née McKeeman) and Thomas Oakley.
public servant General of Customs
Oakley was born in Warrnambool, Victoria on 28 March 1871 to parents Elizabeth Oakley (née McKeeman) and Thomas Oakley.
He was Comptroller-General of Customs between 1923 and 1927. Oakley was an officer in the Victorian Artillery Garrison from 1892 to 1902. In 1889, he joined the Victorian Customs Department as a Clerk, and became a Commonwealth Public Servant in 1901 when the Federal Department of Trade and Customs was formed.
Between May 1923 and his retirement in March 1927, Oakley was Comptroller-General of the Department of Trade and Customs.
Oakley died suddenly of angina pectorisat his home in Melbourne on 27 August 1927. He left in his will funds, the income of which was to provide a scholarship or bursary at Queen"s College, University of Melbourne.