Reuben OLIVER MSM

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Service Number:	8987
Enlisted:	10 September 1915, Enlisted at Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	14th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Gullowa, Western Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Murchison Settlement, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bushman
Died:	Burra, South Australia, 3 November 1954, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Burra Cemetery, South Australia
Memorials:

10 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 8987, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, Enlisted at Perth, WA
16 Nov 1915:	Involvement Driver, 8987, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Macquarie embarkation_ship_number: A39 public_note: ''
16 Nov 1915:	Embarked Driver, 8987, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Port Macquarie, Melbourne
5 Jun 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 25th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade
8 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , From 25th Field Artillery Brigade (Howitzer)
15 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 8987, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of George William Oliver and Rebecca Oliver nee Booth of Warrida Station, Murchison Goldfields, WA.

On 17 January 1919 Reuben married Cicilia Roberts Hosie in Milton Parish Church of Scotland, Glasgow, Scotland, Donald McKinnon officiated

Commenced return to Australia on 28 March 1919 aboard HT Karoa disembarking on 30 April 1919

Medals: Meritorious Service Medal, Croix de Guerre, 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

In 1952 his address was Cockatoo Valley, SA