Gordon Wilson OLIVER

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Service Number:	929
Enlisted:	11 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	34th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia, 23 September 1894
Home Town:	Hornsby, Hornsby Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Accountant
Died:	Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 26 April 1941, aged 46 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium, Ryde, New South Wales
Memorials:	Hornsby War Memorial

11 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 929, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
19 Aug 1914:	Embarked Sergeant, 929, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne
19 Aug 1914:	Involvement Sergeant, 929, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
4 Mar 1915:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 929, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, Discharged at the 2nd Military District
30 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 34th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
2 May 1916:	Involvement 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
2 May 1916:	Embarked 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
26 Sep 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 34th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to rheumatism

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Son of James Oliver and Elizabeth Oliver of Uroa Street, Hornsby, NSW.

Husband of Leila C. Oliver nee Wythes of Hornsby, NSW. Gordon and Leila married during in 1916c in Chatswood, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 4 May 1917 aboard HT Themistocles disembarking on 5 July 1917

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