Oliver George RAND

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RAND, Oliver George

Service Number:	1945
Enlisted:	25 February 1916, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	42nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wivenhoe, Essex, England, United Kingdom, 1 July 1893
Home Town:	West Burleigh, Gold Coast, Queensland
Schooling:	Wivenhoe Council School
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Messines, Belgium, 10 June 1917, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 42nd Infantry Battalion AIF Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

25 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Brisbane, Queensland
16 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1945, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: ''
16 Aug 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1945, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boorara, Brisbane

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Births Sep 1893 Rand Oliver George Lexden 4a 613
Age on arrival in Australia - 20

Enlistment date 25 February 1916
Rank on enlistment-Private

He was 24 and a son of William George and Adelaide Rand, 5, Park Road, Wivenhoe, Essex, England. His brother, Lance Corporal Ernest James Rand, 15th Bn.Australian Infantry, A.I.F. also fell. Service Number 6078-22/06/1918- Killed in Action.

Address Brisbane, Queensland
Age at embarkation 22

42nd Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement

AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/59/2
Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A42 Boorara on 16 August 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
War service: Western Front

He is one of four Australian casualties of the Great War honoured on the Wivenhoe War Memorial.

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