Harold Reath OLVER

OLVER, Harold Reath

    Service Number: 604
    Enlisted: Not yet discovered
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 6th Light Horse Regiment
    Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1890
    Home Town: Chatswood, Willoughby, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Station Overseer
    Died: Killed in Action, Romani, Egypt, 4 August 1916
    Cemetery: Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
    Row B, Grave No. 37
    Memorials: Northbridge (Shore) Sydney Church of England Grammar School Memorial Cricket Ground Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    21 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 604, 6th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
    21 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 604, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney

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    Biography contributed by Eloise Hanlon

    Son of Dr. William Reath Olver and Minnie Olver.

    He is honoured alongside his father and brother through a memorial located in St. Johns Old Cemetery in Gordon, NSW Australia. 

    Inscripted under his name is the latin phrase "Dulce et decorum est pro patri mori", translating to: "It is sweet and glorious to die for the fatherland."

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