Augustus Roy OLLIVER

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Service Number:	3296
Enlisted:	29 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 2 December 1897
Home Town:	Forestville, South Australia
Schooling:	Goodwood State School, South Australia
Occupation:	Glass beveller
Died:	Wounds, 13th Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, France, 12 August 1916, aged 18 years
Cemetery:	Boulogne Eastern Cemetery Plot V111, Row B, Grave 135. Headstone inscription reads: Greater love hath no man than this
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Goodwood Public School WW1 Roll of Honor, Goodwood St George Anglican Church Memorial Tower, Mylor District Roll of Honor 1914-18, Mylor District Roll of Honour, The South Australian National War Memorial, Unley Arch of Remembrance, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board

29 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1
27 Oct 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3296, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3296, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Benalla, Adelaide
3 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 48th Infantry Battalion, From 16th Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir
23 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Battle for Pozières
7 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3296, 48th Infantry Battalion, Multiple wounds
7 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3296, 48th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3296 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-12
Date unknown:	Involvement 3296, 32nd Infantry Battalion

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Son of Augustus Olliver and Phoebe Ann Olliver nee Scragg of Leader Street, Forestville, SA

Apprenticed to Thompson & Harvey, Glaziers of Flinders Street, Adelaide, SA

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal