Walter Reginald OLLIFFE

OLLIFFE, Walter Reginald

Service Number: 3420
Enlisted: 28 July 1915, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: Army Pay Corps (AIF)
Born: Sydney, New South Wales Australia , 1875
Home Town: Kensington, Randwick, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Quarryman
Died: 1946, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

28 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3420, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW
13 Oct 1915: Involvement Private, 3420, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
13 Oct 1915: Embarked Private, 3420, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Sydney
6 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 45th Infantry Battalion , From 13th Battalion
30 Apr 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 13th Infantry Battalion, From 45th Battalion
1 Mar 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, Army Pay Corps (AIF), From 13th Battalion Later re-detached to the 13th Battalion on 1 December 1919
10 Jun 1920: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3420, Army Pay Corps (AIF), Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Joseph Benjamin Olliffe and Elizabeth Catherine Olliffe of Sydney, NSW.

Husband of Elizabeth Frances Olliffe nee Mills of Wyvanhoe Carlton Street, Kensington, NSW. Walter and Elizaabeth married on 13 February 1903. Elizabeth died in QLD on 26 September 1919. 

On 17 December 1919 Walter re-married to Margaret Helen Foster in the Register Office, St. Georges Square, London, England. Harvey Thorp Hamilton officiated.

Commenced return to Australia on 22 January 1920 aboard HT Fredrichshruh disembarking on 9 March 1930 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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