Charles Sedgwick OLVER

Charles Sedgwick OLVER Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

OLVER, Charles Sedgwick

Service Number:	8092
Enlisted:	24 June 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd Australian General Hospital
Born:	Preston, Victoria, Australia, 1885
Home Town:	Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clergyman
Died:	Kew, Victoria, Australia, 25 November 1965, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremation service held on 26 November 1965 with remains being scattered at the cemetery
Memorials:	Wollongong Memorial Arch

World War 1 Service

24 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 8092, 2nd Australian General Hospital, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
13 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 8092, 2nd Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
13 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 8092, 2nd Australian General Hospital, HMAT Port Lincoln, Sydney
14 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 8092, 2nd Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
14 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 8092, 2nd Australian General Hospital, HMAT Port Lincoln, Sydney
19 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 8092, 2nd Australian General Hospital, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

Help us honour Charles Sedgwick Olver's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William Charles Olver and Alice Emily Olver nee Coe of Preston, Victoria.

Husband of Mabel H. Olver nee Leaver of The Manse, Wollongong, NSW. Charles and Mabel married during 1909c in Singleton, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 12 June 1919 aboard HT Port Darwin as nursing staff disembarking on 27 July 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

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

Virtual
War Memorial
Australia