PAUL , Oliver Percival
| Service Numbers: | 6870, 6870A, V353543 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 November 1916, 20th Reinforcements |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Walhalla, Victoria, Australia, 17 December 1887 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | Coburg, Victoria, Australia , 22 September 1969, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Altona Memorial Park, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6870, 22nd Infantry Battalion, 20th Reinforcements | |
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| 21 Nov 1917: | Involvement Private, 6870A, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Nov 1917: | Embarked Private, 6870A, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 23 Jul 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6870, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Gassed: France | |
| 1 Aug 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6870, 22nd Infantry Battalion, per HT Argylshire | |
| 8 Feb 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6870, 22nd Infantry Battalion |
World War 2 Service
| 20 Apr 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V353543 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Oliver was the fourth of seven children of John Paul (born 1852 at Kangaroo Flat, Victoria) and Margaret Parker Hislop (born 1856 at Sandhurst, Bendigo, Victoria). John was a Miner and he and Margaret lived at Walhalla in Victoria - apart from a brief period in QLD where son Robert was born in 1891. John was a Miner at Black Diamond in Walhalla when he died in 19o8, and Margaret moved to Melbourne before travelling to Kalgoorlie-Boulder in WA where she married Alexander Gordon in 1915.
Oliver completed a three year apprenticeship with Long Tunnel Gold Mining Coy in Walhalla, and was a Blacksmith when he enlisted in the AIF in November 1916. He served as a Private (Service No:6870) with 22nd Infantry Battalion and was WiA in France (Gassed - severe). Oliver was Discharged in February 1920. Brother Henry (Private, Service No:2051) also served in WWI, and Oliver served with the ACMF (Private, Service No:353543) in WWII.
In 1917 in Melbourne, Oliver married Stella Margaret Rodgers (born 1891 in Inglewood, Victoria). After his return from WWI, Oliver did not work for a few years - he and Stella lived in Melbourne and Oliver was a 'Returned Soldier'. By 1927 he was working as a Blacksmith, and then variously as a Railway Employee and Labourer. Oliver died in 1969 and Stella in 1981.