Francis Oswald OLIVER MM

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OLIVER, Francis Oswald

Service Number:	102
Enlisted:	18 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Second Corporal
Last Unit:	5th Field Ambulance
Born:	Prahran, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Thornbury, Darebin, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Postal Employee
Died:	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, 31 March 1973, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium, Ryde, New South Wales
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World War 1 Service

18 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 102, 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 102, 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, HMAT Southern, Melbourne
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 102, 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Southern embarkation_ship_number: A27 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1915:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Field Ambulance
16 Aug 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 102, 5th Field Ambulance, Re-embarked for active service aboard HT Orontes following three months change due to enteric fever and dysentry
13 Oct 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, Citation reads:- About 7 a.m. on 9th October 1917, a heavy H.E. and shrapnel barrage was put down over the lower levels at the southern end of Zonnebeke Lake. Many casualties occurred in this area, which was totally devoid of shelter and in many parts deep in mud. Private Oliver repeatedly called for and led parties of volunteers into the areas of heaviest shelling, held the men together by the force of his example and cheery devotion to a high conception of duty, and undoubtedly saved many lives. His bravery in continuing to dress in the open without shelter inviting almost certain casualty, was a splendid example. Commonwealth Gazette 76, on 23 May 1918
23 Jul 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 102, 5th Field Ambulance, Gassed. Invalided to England on 11 August 1918
1 May 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 102, 5th Field Ambulance, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John Chapman Oliver and Matgaret Teresa Josephine Oliver nee Kenny of 'Weldon', Collins Street, Thornbury, Victoria.

On 30 October 1915 Francis commenced return to Australia from Suez aboard HS Karoola disembarking on 4 December 1915 at Melbourne for three months change.

Commenced return to Australia on 5 January 1920 aboard HT Cape Verde disembarking on 29 February 1920 at Sydney

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

During 1925c Francis married Eileen M. Prideux in Canterbury NSW

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