John Harry OLIVER

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Service Number:	1551
Enlisted:	8 March 1915, Enlisted at Keswick, SA
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 19 July 1897
Home Town:	Cowandilla, City of West Torrens, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Adelaide, South Australia, 13 November 1948, aged 51 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Kendrew Oval, Row 17, Grave 12. Interred on 16 November 1948
Memorials:

8 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1551, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Keswick, SA
31 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 1551, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
31 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 1551, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
2 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 1551, 27th Infantry Battalion, Shrapnel wound to the right arm. Invalided to England on 6 September 1918
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Driver, 1551, 27th Infantry Battalion
18 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 1551, 27th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District
Date unknown:	Wounded 1551, 27th Infantry Battalion

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Son of John Grieve Oliver and Ellen Jane Oliver nee Wilson of Hounslow Avenue, Cowindilla, SA

Commenced return to Australia on 14 January 1919 aboard HT City of York disembarking on 24 February 1919

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

On 7 September 1921 John married Ida Winifred Hambly in the Holder Memorial Methodist Church, West Adelaide, SA.