Thomas Laurey OLIVER

Badge Number: MS3650, Sub Branch: Uraidla
MS3650

OLIVER, Thomas Laurey

Service Number: 4338
Enlisted: 12 October 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 32nd Infantry Battalion
Born: Uraidla, South Australia, 29 November 1893
Home Town: Piccadilly, Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Gardener
Died: Due to war service, Walkerville, South Australia, 5 July 1946, aged 52 years
Cemetery: Summertown Cemetery, S.A.
General section 14, Row 6, Grave 693. Interred on 7 July 1946
Memorials: Norton Summit Uraidla Methodist Sunday School Roll of Honor, Uraidla & Districts Roll of Honour 1, Uraidla & Districts Roll of Honour 2
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World War 1 Service

12 Oct 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4338, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
7 Nov 1916: Involvement Private, 4338, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
7 Nov 1916: Embarked Private, 4338, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide
25 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4338, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District. Rank had been reduced from Lance Corporal as his own request

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Thomas Oliver and Ellen Oliver nee Gore of Piccadilly, SA.

Commenced return to Australia on 5 July 1919 aboard HT Port Melbourne disembarking on 18 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 10 November 1920 Thomas married Alice Blanche Willcox in St. Stephens Church, Uraidla, SA