Robert OLLEY

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Service Number:	555
Enlisted:	20 May 1916, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	41st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, 25 January 1891
Home Town:	Lismore, Corangamite, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia, 22 February 1955, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	East Lismore (Lismore) General Cemetery Row 7B, Grave 17
Memorials:	Lismore Independant Order of Rechabites Tent No 122 Roll of Honour

20 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 555, 11th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW
14 Feb 1917:	Involvement Private, 555, 11th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
14 Feb 1917:	Embarked Private, 555, 11th Machine Gun Company, RMS Osterley, Melbourne
8 Jan 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 41st Infantry Battalion, From 11th Machine Gun Company
27 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 555, 41st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to synovitis in the right knee

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Son of Alfred Olley and Hannah Sophia Olley nee Simes of Lake Street, Lismore, NSW.

Brother of Joseph Daniel Olley who returned to Australia on 27 November 1919.

Commenced return to Australia on 2 January 1919 aboard HT Karmala disembarking on 15 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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