Cyril Joseph OLLIFFE

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Service Numbers:	2477, 2477A
Enlisted:	1 May 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	49th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, 30 May 1898
Home Town:	Lithgow, Lithgow, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Tuberculosis, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 6 November 1923, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Commemorated with a plaque in the QLD Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

1 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2477, 49th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
19 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 2477, 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
19 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 2477, 49th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane
26 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2477A, 49th Infantry Battalion, Severe wound to the right foot. Transferred to England on 7 October 1917 aboard HR Warilda. The letter A had been added to his service number when taken on strength.
17 May 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2477A, 49th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as wounded

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Son of Joseph Devitt Olliffe and Victoria Marie Olliffe nee Newell of Parramatta, NSW.

At the time of enlistment Cyril was residing in QLD

Next of kin given as his brother Rupert Devitt Oliffe of Albert Street, Lithgow, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 30 January 1918 aboard HT Osterley

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 2 November 1918 Cyril married Marjorie Marion Telford in QLD