Harrie Stacey OLIVER

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OLIVER, Harrie Stacey

Service Numbers:	2036, V370055
Enlisted:	29 March 1942, Enlisted at Moonee Ponds number V370055
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Light Railway Operating Company
Born:	Rochester, Victoria, Australia, 22 October 1897
Home Town:	Bacchus Marsh, Moorabool, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Glenroy, Victoria, Australia, 3 October 1977, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria 6th Avenue Cross of Roses, Companion Roses, Garden Bed 2, Position 40. Commemorated in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

11 May 1917:	Embarked Private, 2036, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
11 May 1917:	Involvement Private, 2036, Railway Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
11 May 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2036, 16th Light Railway Operating Company, Embarked at Melbourne
27 Feb 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Light Railway Operating Company, In France
12 Mar 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 2036, 2nd Light Railway Operating Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

29 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Enlisted at Moonee Ponds number V370055
15 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V370055

3 Dec 1942:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Discharged at 3rd Military District. Number V370055

Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Albert Thompson Oliver and Mary Oliver nee Stacey of Main Street, Bacchus Marsh, Victoria.

Brother of Edward Arthur Oliver who returned to Australia on 2 January 1920 having served with the 2nd Light Railway Operating Company. Edward later returned to England

Commenced return to Australia(first time) aboard HT Runic with heart issues. He was re-attested on 9 May 1917

Commenced return to Australia on 19 April 1919 aboard HT Sardinia disembarking on 8 June 1919

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

On 28 February 1925 Harrie married Esme Jean Wilson in Victoria.

Address when enlisting for WW2 was given as Park Crescent, Moonee Ponds, Victoria and he was employed with the Maribyrnong Explosives Factory

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