Charles Ernest OLIVER

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Service Number:	4283
Enlisted:	17 January 1916, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	18th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, 1883
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cook
Died:	Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, 24 June 1933, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Section TT, Zone C, Grave 21
Memorials:

17 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4283, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
8 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4283, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
8 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4283, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Sydney
7 Sep 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4283, 18th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to otitis media

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Son of Charles R. Oliver and Sarah Oliver of Newcastle Upon Tyne, England.

Address at the time of enlistment was given as Castlereagh Street, Sydney, NSW.

Next of kin given as a friend Minnie Badke of Victoria Coffee Palace, Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 23 May 1917 aboard HT Ayrshire disembarking on 20 July 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1919 Charles married Ellen Lees in Mosman, NSW