Walter Rolph OLIVER

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OLIVER, Walter Rolph

Service Numbers:	1264, NX36184, V10910
Enlisted:	1 May 1916, Enlisted at the Sportsground, NSW
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer Class 2
Last Unit:	10 Garrison Battalion (WA)
Born:	Birmingham, England, 26 July 1896
Home Town:	Menangle, Wollondilly, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Gardener
Died:	Roselands Nursing Home, New South Wales, Australia, 26 July 1986, aged 90 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Section Wall of Memory 20, Row GG, Position 678
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

1 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1264, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, Enlisted at the Sportsground, NSW
7 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 1264, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
7 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 1264, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
14 Oct 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 13th Light Trench Mortar Battery
29 Nov 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1264, 13th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to rheumatism

World War 2 Service

8 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, NX36184, 10 Garrison Battalion (WA)
7 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V10910, Reception / Reinforcements / Personnel Depots
8 Mar 1941:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V10910, Reception / Reinforcements / Personnel Depots
28 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , NX36184, Enlisted at Wagga Wagga, NSW
18 Apr 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, NX36184, 10 Garrison Battalion (WA)
18 Aug 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , NX36184, Discharged at 2nd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Enlisted for WW2 lowering his age by three years and falsifying his place of birth.

Son of Edmund Rolph Oliver and Maude (Mary) Oliver of Raper's Hill Terrace, Winchister Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England. Edmund also served in the AIF in WW1

Commenced return to Australia 30 June 1918 aboard HT Kanowna disembarking on 4 September 1918

Medals WW: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Medals: WW2 War Medal, Australian Service Medal

During 1923c Walter married Elsie Vera May Seyffer in Ashfield, NSW

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