Edmund Ralph OLIVER

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Service Number:	2636
Enlisted:	25 June 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Division Artillery
Born:	Portsmouth, England, 1874
Home Town:	Glebe, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Gardener
Memorials:

25 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2636, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
9 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 2636, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
9 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 2636, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney
13 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion, At Tel-el-Kebir
18 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Division Artillery
1 Aug 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2636, 5th Division Artillery , Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to bronchitis and senility

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as Phillip Street, Glebe, NSW.

Prior to coming to Australia he served in the 1st Kings Royal, West Surrey, England for four years.

Husband of Mary Jane Oliver of Drapers Hill Terrace Basingstoke, Hants, England.

Commenced return to Australia on 4 May 1917 aboard HT Themistocles disembarking on 4 July 1917

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal