Oliver Leigh (Buller) EAST

Badge Number: 41408, Sub Branch: Long Plains
41408

EAST, Oliver Leigh

Service Numbers: 9616, S73144
Enlisted: 25 April 1942
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 10th (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born: Mallala, South Australia, 14 August 1896
Home Town: Mallala, Mallala, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Blacksmith
Died: Natural causes, Mallala, South Australia, 4 September 1967, aged 71 years
Cemetery: Mallala Feltwell (General) Cemetery
Memorials: Mallala District of Grace WW1 Roll of Honor, Mallala Public School Roll of Honor
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World War 1 Service

31 May 1916: Involvement Sapper, 9616, 11th Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
31 May 1916: Embarked Sapper, 9616, 11th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Suevic, Adelaide
11 Nov 1918: Involvement Sapper, 9616, 7th Field Company Engineers

World War 2 Service

25 Apr 1942: Involvement Lieutenant, S73144, 10th (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
25 Apr 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, S73144
25 Apr 1942: Enlisted Mallala, SA
25 Nov 1945: Discharged

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