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OLIVER, Hugh Francis Nyanza
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2767 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 July 1915, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Goondiwindi, Queensland, Australia, 1883 |
| Home Town: | Surry Hills, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Employee |
| Died: | Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia, 11 September 1942, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Haymarket Railways Traffic Branch Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2767, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 2767, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 2767, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 16 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 56th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 20th Battalion | |
| 27 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2767, 56th Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the chest. Embarked for England on 23 July 1916 aboard HS St. Denis | |
| 7 Nov 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2767, 20th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Hugh James Oliver and Fanny Mary J. Oliver of Richards Avenue, Surry Hills, NSW.
Commenced return to Australia on 27 July 1917 aboard HT Demosthenes disembarking on 29 September 1917
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1918 Hugh married Fanny B. Sterne in Sydney, NSW.