Alfred OLIVE

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Service Number:	4585
Enlisted:	19 December 1915, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	18th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Paddington, New South Wales, Australia , 7 July 1893
Home Town:	Turramurra, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farrier
Died:	Turramurra, New South Wales, Australia, 17 October 1956, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium, Ryde, New South Wales Anglican Section J, Row 8, Grave 56
Memorials:	Turramurra Memorial Park Memorial Gates

19 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4585, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
9 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 4585, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
9 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 4585, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Sydney
18 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4585, 18th Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the chest and left hand. Embarked for England on 18 May 1917 aboard HS Pieter de Conrick
29 Dec 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4585, 18th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of William James Olive and Emily Olive nee Denny of Lane Cove Road, Turramurra, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 27 July 1917 aboard HT Demosthenes disembarking on 29 September 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1918c Alfred married Emily Tutton in Bathurst, NSW