Nesbitt Vivian OLLIS

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Service Number:	295
Enlisted:	7 March 1916
Last Rank:	Bombardier
Last Unit:	7th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales Australia, 12 July 1894
Home Town:	Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling:	Stanmore PS, Burwood SPS & Sydney Technical Day School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Journalist
Died:	Died of Wounds, France, 23 February 1918, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord Plot III, Row F, Grave 21
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Daily Telegraph Newspaper Company Ltd. Honour Roll, Sydney Technical High School WW1 Roll Of Honour

7 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 295
1 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 295, 14th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
1 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 295, 14th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Benalla, Sydney
23 Feb 1918:	Involvement Bombardier, 295, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 295 awm_unit: 7th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Bombardier awm_died_date: 1918-02-23

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Nesbitt Vivian OLLIS was born in Sydney on 12th July, 1894

His parents were John Poole OLLIS & Elizabeth Martha STANFORD who married in Sydney in 1887