MISSEN, Oliver Richard
| Service Number: | 1973 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Beeac, Victoria, Australia, 4 August 1889 |
| Home Town: | Beeac, Colac-Otway, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Cerebellar Abscesses & Empyaema and wounds, United KingNorfolk & Norwich War Hospital, Norwich, Norfolk, England dom, United Kingdom, 20 November 1916, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Norwich Cemetery, Norfolk, England Grave No. 209, Norwich Cemetery, Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom |
| Tree Plaque: |
Beeac Wallace Street Avenue of Honour
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| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Beeac Methodist Church Roll of Honor WW1, Colac Soldier's Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1973, 21st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 26 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 1973, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 26 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 1973, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne | |
| 3 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1973, 21st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Bomb wounds neck and chest. Died of Cerebellar Abscesses & Empyaema |
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From WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Died on this date - 20th November......Pte Oliver Richard Missen was born at Ondit, near Beeac, Victoria in 1889. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 19th June, 1915 as a 26 year old Farmer.
Private Missen joined 21st Battalion at Gallipoli on 12th October, 1915. He was then posted to France on 26th March. 1916.
Private Missen was wounded in action in France on 3rd August, 1916. He was invalided to England with gunshot wounds to right front chest & admitted to Norfolk & Norwich War Hospital, Norwich, Norfolk, England on 2nd September, 1916 with bomb wounds to chest.
Private Oliver Richard Missen died at 12.25 pm on 20th November, 1916 as a result of his wounds. He was buried in Earlham Road Cemetery, Norwich, Norfolk, England where 23 other WW1 Australian Soldiers are buried.
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