Frederick OLVER

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Service Number:	4488
Enlisted:	24 January 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Murtoa, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	North Fitzroy, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grocer
Died:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 19 February 1959, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton, Victoria
Memorials:

24 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 4488, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
21 Mar 1916:	Involvement 4488, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Malwa embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
21 Mar 1916:	Embarked 4488, 24th Infantry Battalion, RMS Malwa, Melbourne
11 Nov 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 24th Infantry Battalion, Gassed.
18 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 24th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District due to synovitis in the left knee

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Son of Richard Thomas Pearson Olver and Sarah Ann Olver nee Davies of Falconner Street, North Fitzroy, Victoria

Brother of Henry Olver who returned to Australia on 3 May 1919 having served with the 7th Battalion.

Commeced return to Australia on 19 October 1918 aboard HT Sardinia disembarking on 27 December 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1919 Frederick married Florence Olive Muriel Cavendish in Victoria