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OLIVER, Loftus
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 20140 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 January 1916, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 8th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Nhill, Victoria, Australia, 1881 |
| Home Town: | Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Illness - abcess of the brain, War Hospital, Croydon, United Kingdom, 10 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Brookwood Military Cemetery, Pirbright, Surrey, England, United Kingdom Plot X1, Row E, Grave 16. Headstone inscription reads: We'll remember him as one of the best. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 27 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 20140, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 20 May 1916: | Involvement Driver, 20140, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 20 May 1916: | Embarked Driver, 20140, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Medic, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Melbourne Oliver and Annie Lucy Oliver nee Davidson of Olive Street, Albury, NSW formerly of Nhill, Victoria.
Brother of Harold George Oliver who was discharged at Albury, NSW due to disobedience of orders
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal issued to his brother J.D. Oliver