Claud Henry OLIVER

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Service Number:	712
Enlisted:	24 January 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	52nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia , 22 December 1888
Home Town:	Chelsea, Kingston, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Seedsman
Died:	Thornbury, Victoria, Australia, 25 December 1959, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Garden Of Remembrance 3 Wall Niches, Section 2, Wall E, Niche 213.
Memorials:	Kentish Municipality Honour Roll Mural

24 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 712, 41st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane
18 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 712, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
18 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 712, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney
23 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion, From 41st Battalion
19 Jul 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 712, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Wound to the elbow. Embarked for England on 24 July 1917 aboard HS Grantilly Castle
16 Jul 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 712, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as Stephens Street, South Brisbane, QLD.

Son of Andrew Percival Oliver and Ellen Oliver nee Manwaring of Strand Tea Rooms, Chelsea, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia 25 November 1917 aboard HS Karolla disembarking on 10 January 1919 at Melbourne

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1920c Claud married Gladys Katherine Harvey.