Arthur OLIVER

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Service Number:	3391
Enlisted:	22 November 1915, Enlisted at Wagga Wagga, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	56th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1885
Home Town:	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, 16 March 1962, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Wagga Wagga General (Monumental) Cemetery
Memorials:	Wagga Wagga Victory Memorial Arch

22 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3391, 30th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Wagga Wagga, NSW
2 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 3391, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
2 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 3391, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
2 Dec 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 56th Infantry Battalion, From 30th Battalion
2 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3391, 56th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the thigh. Invalided to England on 6 September 1918
17 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3391, 56th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as Globe Boarding House, Wagga Wagga, NSW. Stated that he had no next of kin

Commenced return to Australia on 8 January 1919 aboard HT Orsova disembarking on 3 March 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal