Samuel OLIVER

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Service Numbers:	19333, 16333
Enlisted:	10 January 1916, Enlisted at Warren, NSW
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	7th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Manchester, England, 1889
Home Town:	Hunters Hill, Hunters Hill, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bricklayer
Memorials:

10 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 19333, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Warren, NSW
11 May 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 19333, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
11 May 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 19333, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
28 Jul 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 16333, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Wound to the right thigh. Embarked for England on 31 August 1918
17 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 19333, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as Gladesville Road, Hunter's Hill, NSW.

Son of Richard Oliver of Ada Street, Blackley, Manchester, England

Served his bricking apprenticeship with C. Whittaker for seven years.

Commenced return to Australia on 20 December 1918 aboard HT Orontes disembarking on 3 February 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal