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OLIVER, Richard
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 749 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 December 1914, Incorrect number on Embarkation Roll - 758 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 9th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1882 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, March 1924, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Bendigo Public Cemetery, Victoria Mon L4, Grave 11927. Interred on 18 March 1924 |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 4 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 749, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Incorrect number on Embarkation Roll - 758 | |
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| 8 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 749, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Incorrect nuber on Embarakation Roll - 758 HMAT Pera, Melbourne | |
| 13 Dec 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 749 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Incorrect number 758 on Embarkation Roll
Commenced return to Australia on 13 December 1915
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Next of kin given as his sister Edith Oliver of Forest Street, Bendigo, Victoria
Returned aboard HT Wandilla on 14 January 1916 and was posted as a deserter on 25 February 1916
Posted Deserter - Not eligible for medals