BRITTON, Oliver Charles
| Service Number: | 2915 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 September 1916, Place of Enlistment, Goondiwindi, Queensland. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Miles, Queensland, Australia, 24 September 1892 |
| Home Town: | Mitchell, Maranoa, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Roma State School ,Roma, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Bridge Carpenter |
| Died: | Natural Causes , Townsville,Queensland, Australia, 10 June 1982, aged 89 years |
| Cemetery: |
Woongarra Crematorium, Townsville, Qld |
| Memorials: | Queensland Railways Toowoomba Employees Roll of Honour, Town of Roma and Shire of Bungil WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2915, 41st Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Goondiwindi, Queensland. | |
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| 23 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 2915, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 2915, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney | |
| 16 Jun 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Machine Gun Corps | |
| 18 Jul 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 8 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2915, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, Returned to Australia |
Oliver Charles Britton
Oliver Charles Britton, Private, No.2915, 5th M.G. Battalion. Born at Goondiwindi in 1892 and educated at Roma. The son of S. J. and A. Britton, of Mitchell. Enlisted at Roma on 25th September, 1916, and sailed in December for England, going to Salisbury Plain. Went to France in August, 1917, into the line at Ypres and through fighting till March, 1918. Took ill with pleurisy but returned to the line in June and through all fighting with unit till the signing of the Armistice. Returned to Australia, arriving in September, 1919.
Date of Embarkation (from Australian War Memorial Embarkation Roll): 23/12/1916
Embarkation ship (from Australian War Memorial Embarkation Roll): HMAT Demosthenes A64
Full name & Service Number (from National Archives of Australia): Oliver Charles Britton, Service Number - 2915
Photograph appears on p. 31 of 'Queenslanders who fought in the Great War.
Submitted 11 August 2022 by Lynette Turner
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