OLIVER, Albert James
| Service Number: | 1156 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 March 1915, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Fingal, Tasmania, Australia, 27 July 1889 |
| Home Town: | Forth, Devonport, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia, 28 July 1983, aged 94 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mersey Vale Memorial Park Cemetery, Tasmania |
| Memorials: | Derby Ringarooma Municipality Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1156, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 10 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 1156, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Persia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 10 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 1156, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, RMS Persia, Melbourne | |
| 17 Jan 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1156, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 6th Military District as medically unfit due to knee injury |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Richard James Oliver and Mary Ann Halladay Oliver nee Foster of Forth, Tasmania.
Brother of Richard James Oliver who returned to Australia on 9 May 1916 having served with the 3rd Light Horse Regiment and Joseph William Oliver who returned to Australia on 16 June 1916 having served with the 26th Battalion
Prior to enlisting Albert has been apprentice to the builder J. Garrett for six months.
Commenced return to Australia on 10 June 1916 aboard HT Itonus disembarking at Melbourne on 13 July 1916 for onward travel to Hobart
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
On 3 October 1918 Albert married Marjorie Sybella McPherson in Ulverstone, Tasmania
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