Turley Robert OLDING

OLDING, Turley Robert

Service Number: 3060
Enlisted: 11 December 1917, Enlisted at Brisbane QLD
Last Rank: Sapper
Last Unit: 4th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company
Born: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 29 November 1890
Home Town: Wooloowin, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Boilermaker
Died: Auchenflower, Queensland, Australia, 7 May 1950, aged 59 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
Columbarium 5, Section 11
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World War 1 Service

11 Dec 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3060, Railway Unit (AIF), Enlisted at Brisbane QLD
17 Jul 1918: Involvement Private, 3060, Railway Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
17 Jul 1918: Embarked Private, 3060, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Borda, Sydney
19 Dec 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company
3 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 3060, 4th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Robert James Olding and Sarah Jane Olding nee  Thorpe of Lutwyche Street, Wooloowin, QLD.

Apprenticed to Evans, Anderson & Phelaw of Brisbane for five years

Commenced return to Australia on 1 July 1919 aboard HT Karmala disembarking on 17 August 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medal: British War Medal

On 28 June 1922 Turley married Maria Gwynne in QLD