Oliver Seth VALE

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Service Number:	419
Enlisted:	29 January 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	37th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Picola, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Picola, Moira, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 30 January 1974, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Brind, Wall BF, Niche 108. Cremation service held on 1 February 1974 and held in perpetuity. Commemorated with a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:	Nathalia War Memorial

29 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 419, 37th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne Victoria
3 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 419, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
3 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 419, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Melbourne
23 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 65th Infantry Battalion, From 37th Battalion
1 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 37th Infantry Battalion, From 65th Battalion
4 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 419, 37th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Multiple wounds. Transferred to England aboard HS Jan Breydel on 18 October 1917
6 Jul 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 419, 37th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to multiple wounds

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Son of Henry Vale and Caroline Vale nee Veithch of 'Pinefield', Picola West, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 5 April 1918 aboard HS Borda disembarking on 30 May 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1919c Oliver married Florence Sloley in Victoria