William Major OLIVE

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Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	14 June 1915, Enlisted in Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	5th Field Company Engineers
Born:	Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 25 August 1890
Home Town:	Kew, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Scotch College, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Engineer
Died:	Killed In Action, France, 23 April 1916, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard Extension INSCRIPTION BELOVED AND ONLY SON OF THOMAS AND ELLA OLIVE FATHER INTO THY HANDS Grave I.J. 14.
Memorials:	Fitzroy St. Mark's Anglican Church Memorial Window, Kew War Memorial

14 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Field Company Engineers, Enlisted in Melbourne, Victoria
24 Nov 1915:	Involvement Lieutenant, 5th Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
24 Nov 1915:	Embarked Lieutenant, 5th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne

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Lieutenant Olive was 25 and the son of Henry Thomas and Ella Ada Olive, of "Surbiton," Studley Park, Kew, Victoria, Australia.

Address at the time of enlistment was given as 'Surbiton', Studley Park Road, Kew, Victoria

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