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OLIVER, Edward Bruce
| Service Number: | 939 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 September 1914, Enlisted at Morphettville, SA |
| Last Rank: | Company Quartermaster Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Milang, South Australia, 5 September 1895 |
| Home Town: | Milang, Alexandrina, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Customs Officer |
| Died: | Repatriation Hospital, Daw Park, South Australia, 20 December 1973, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia RSL Walls, Wall 118, Niche C002. Cremation service held on 22 December 1973 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide High School Great War Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 939, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Morphettville, SA | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Corporal, 939, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Corporal, 939, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide | |
| 26 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 50th Infantry Battalion, From 10th Battalion | |
| 17 Nov 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 939, 50th Infantry Battalion, Multiple. Embarked for England on 25 November 1916 aboard HS St. George. Right arm later amputated | |
| 25 Mar 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 939, 50th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District as wounded. Arm amputated | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement 939, 50th Infantry Battalion |
Help us honour Edward Bruce Oliver's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Kathleen Bambridge
He was awarded a Life Membership of the RSL South Australia. At St Peters he servwed as assitant secretary from 1937 to 1947 and then as secretary 1948 to 1954. Edward was a good worker for the Sub Branch.
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Charles Oliver and Catherine Oliver nee Williams of Milang, SA.
Commenced return to Australia on 21 July 1917 abaord HS Euripides on 13 September 1917 at Fremantle then re-embarked on HT Nestor on 20 September 1917 for Adelaide
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
On 27 November 1920 Edward married Esther Blanche McCarron in the St Pauls Retreat, Glen Osmond, SA.
At the time of his death Edward was residing in Payneham South, SA.