Oliver Alexander HEATH

HEATH, Oliver Alexander

    Service Number: 1522
    Enlisted: 26 March 1915, Bendigo, Vic.
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 23rd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Bendigo, Vic., 3 September 1883
    Home Town: Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
    Schooling: Central State School and Violet State School No.877, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Miner
    Died: Broncho Pneumonia (3 days) & pulmonary fibrosis (1 year), Bendigo Base Hospital, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 24 August 1958, aged 74 years
    Cemetery: Eaglehawk Cemetery, Victoria
    Mon A2 Grave 329
    Memorials: Bendigo Central School Honor Roll, Bendigo Federated Mining Employees Association No. 1 Bendigo Branch Honor Roll, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor
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    World War 1 Service

    26 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1522, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
    8 May 1915: Embarked Private, 1522, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
    8 May 1915: Involvement Private, 1522, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    7 Dec 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1522, 23rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Trench mortar bomb wound to the face (slight), concussion, shell shock
    20 May 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1522, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Alexandria, Egypt, per HMT Tunisian, for Marseilles, France
    31 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1522, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
    20 Mar 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1522, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Baux near Bapaume, France - Gun shot wound, right shoulder
    3 May 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1522, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second)
    22 Sep 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1522, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Passchendaele - Mustard gas burns buttock/right calf.
    23 Jul 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1522, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux, Villers Bretonneux - Gassed.
    9 Mar 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1522, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Embarked UK per HMT Kashmir. Disembarked Melbourne 30 April, 1919
    29 Jun 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1522, 23rd Infantry Battalion, 1914/1915 Star, British War & Victory Medals

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    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    Son of Arthur Payne HEATH and Mrs Sarah BARCLAY fmly HEATH, 18 Moran Street, Bendigo, Victoria

    Was aboard HMT 'Southland' when it was torpedoed and spent 4 months in hospital with nervous breakdown.

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