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EAST, Oliver Leigh
| Service Numbers: | 9616, S73144 |
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| 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 |
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: '' | |
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| 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) | |
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| 25 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, S73144 | |
| 25 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Mallala, SA | |
| 25 Nov 1945: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Xavier Two Wells
Oliver Leigh East was born on the 14th of August in 1896 in Mallala South Australia. He lived with his Father Matthew Henry East and his mother Emma East. He was the youngest of his three brothers and one sister. He worked as a Blacksmith before he enlisted at the age of 19 on the 10 February 1916. He served as a Sapper with the 11th Field Company Engineers in France and Belgium.
East returned safely home to Australia 26 May 1919 and was discharged 17 August 1919.
On the 4th of September 1967 Oliver leigh East passed away at the age of 71 years old from natural causes, where he was buried to rest in the Mallala Cemetery.
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