Roy Reginald OLDING

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Service Number:	2371
Enlisted:	17 July 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Ravenswood, Tasmania, Australia, April 1894
Home Town:	Caulfield, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, May 1973, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Chewton General Cemetery, Victoria Church of England, Grave 599A
Memorials:	Poowong Great War Honour Board, Targa St. Patrick's River District WWI Pictorial Roll of Honour

17 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2371, 3rd Pioneer Battalion
18 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 2371, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karroo embarkation_ship_number: A10 public_note: ''
18 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 2371, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Karroo, Melbourne
17 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2371, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Richard Fryett Olding and Emma Olding nee Cotton of Koornang Road, East Caulfield, Victoria,

Commenced return to Australia on 8 July 1919 aboard HT Friedrichsruh disembarking on 1 September 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 12 October 1920 Roy married Mabel Evelyn Richards in Launceston, Tasmania