OLLING, Lindsay John
| Service Number: | 2427 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 May 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tingha, New South Wales, Australia, 29 August 1894 |
| Home Town: | Tingha, Guyra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Hairdresser |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 11 August 1916, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Tingha Methodist Church Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 13 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2427, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 20 Aug 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 2427, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' |
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| 20 Aug 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2427, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Sydney | |
| 23 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2427, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 11 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2427, 13th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
Lindsay John Olling
Lindsay’s birth to Hainus and Lily Olling on 29 August 1894 was registered at Bundarra. He was one of a large family who lived at Tingha where Lindsay worked as a Hairdresser. At the age of twenty years and eight months he enlisted at Liverpool NSW and became a member of the 13th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement. They sailed from Australia for Egypt on HMAT A9 Shropshire in August 1915.
He served at Gallipoli from October 1915 until evacuated to Alexandria in December. During June 1916 he was transferred to France and just two months later was listed as Missing in Action. His death on 11 August 1916 was confirmed by a Court of Inquiry in 1917. As the 13th Battalion fought at Pozieres, it is likely this is where Lindsay was killed.
Private Olling has no known grave and his name is inscribed on the Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France. At Tingha his name is recorded on the town’s War Memorial.
Submitted 6 October 2018 by Greg Kennett
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