Joseph Daniel OLLEY

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Service Number:	694
Enlisted:	25 March 1916, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, 10 December 1889
Home Town:	Kyogle, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Tamborine, Queensland, Australia, 3 November 1952, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium 12, Section 6
Memorials:	Kyogle Great War Honor Roll, Kyogle Horse Shoe Creek Green Pigeon Honour Roll, Kyogle Methodist WW1 Roll of Honor, Kyogle Shire Council Honour Roll WW1

25 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 694, 12th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW
21 Jun 1917:	Embarked Private, 694, 12th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Suevic, Melbourne
21 Jun 1917:	Involvement Private, 694, 12th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
9 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 47th Infantry Battalion, From 12th Machine Gun Battalion
8 Dec 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 42nd Infantry Battalion, From 47th Battalion
12 Dec 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 694, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Bomb wound to the left knee. Embarked for England on 19 December 1917 aboard HS Liege de Ville
26 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 694, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion.
14 Oct 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Infantry Battalion, From 42nd Battalion

5 Jan 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 694, 15th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Alfred Olley and Hannah Sophia Olley nee Simes of Lake Street, Lismore, NSW.

Brother of Robert Olley who returned to Australia on 15 JFebruary 1919 having served with the 11th Light Trench Mortar Battery

Commenced return to Australia on 8 October 1919 aboard HT Devon disembarking on 27 November 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1921c Joseph married Grace S. Temperley in Canterbury, NSW.

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