OLLEY, Charles Frederick
| Service Number: | 2509 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 August 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 6th Motor Transport Company |
| Born: | Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Ascot Vale, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Royal Park, Victoria, Australia, June 1950, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Rose Garden No.2 Companion Roses, Garden Bed V, Position 38. Cremation service held on 14 June 1950. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 2509, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 11 Dec 1915: | Involvement Sapper, 2509, 2nd Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 11 Dec 1915: | Embarked Sapper, 2509, 2nd Field Company Engineers, RMS Mooltan, Sydney | |
| 20 Dec 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st Division Supply Column , From 2nd Field Company Engineers | |
| 12 Mar 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 6th Motor Transport Company, From 1st Division Supply column | |
| 28 Sep 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2509, 6th Motor Transport Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Harry Olley and Frances Charlotle Olley nee Martin of Oakleigh, Victoria.
Brother of Albert Arthur Olley who was killed in action on 25 November 1916 while serving with 4th Machine Gun Battalion and is buried in the Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs.
Served his four year carpentry apprenticeship with H. Miller of Ascot Vale, Victoria.
Husband of Winifred Annie Olley nee Coghlan of St Leonard's Road, Ascot Vale, Victoria. Charles and Winifred married during 1915c in Victoria.
Commenced return to Australia on 19 June 1919 aboard HT Miltiades diembarking on 5 August 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal