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OLIVER, David
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2730 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 July 1915, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Drover |
| Died: | New South Wales, Australia, 1928, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2730, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2730, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2730, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 24 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 7th Infantry Battalion, From 24th Battalion | |
| 13 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Pioneer Battalion, From 7th Battalion | |
| 13 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Pioneer Battalion, From 7th Battalion | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2730, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Multiple shrapnel wounds. Invalided to England on 28 September 1917 | |
| 9 Aug 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2730, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to multiple wounds |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of James Oliver and Agnes Oliver of Stawell Street, Ballarat, Victoria.
Commenced return to Australia on 21 April 1918 aboard HT Suevic disembarking on 7 June 1918
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1920c David married Neta Clarice Humphrey in Victoria.