Robert Bruce OLIVER MM

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Service Number:	9579
Enlisted:	22 February 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	3rd Division Engineers
Born:	Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia , 1894
Home Town:	Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Assayer
Died:	Abbington Private Nursing Home, Kingswood, New South Wales, 30 November 1984, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Painters Court, Wall 207, Niche F036. Cremation service held on 3 December 1984
Memorials:	Broken Hill Barrier District Roll of Honour, Broken Hill Old Burke Ward Boys Roll of Honor

22 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 9579, 11th Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
31 May 1916:	Involvement Corporal, 9579, 11th Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
31 May 1916:	Embarked Corporal, 9579, 11th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Suevic, Adelaide
16 Jul 1918:	Honoured Military Medal, Citation reads: This N.C.O. at Bouzencourt on the morning of the 5th April 1918 showed great devotion to duty and determination in arranging the charges and leads for the demolition of a bridge over the River Somme, the enemy at the time, having been reported by patrols as being on the opposite bank of the river, The charges had been disarranged and the leads out by ahell fire, requiring a great deal of sl02 and difficult work for repairs under very difficult conditions.
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Lieutenant, 11th Field Company Engineers
28 Feb 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 3rd Division Engineers , Discharged at the 4th Military District
21 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 3rd Division Engineers , Discharged at the 4th Military District

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Son of Andrew Oliver and Louisa Oliver of Beryle Street, Railway Town, Broken Hill, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 23 June 1919 aboard HT Orita disembarking on 6 August 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Adelaide

Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1921c Robert married Clarice May Massey in Broken Hill, NSW