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OLIVER, Herbert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6628 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 December 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1898 |
| Home Town: | Bexley, Rockdale, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Jeweller's Assistant |
| Died: | Corrimal, New South Wales, Australia, 1989, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 Dec 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6628, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 7 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 6628, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 6628, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
| 28 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 63rd Infantry Battalion, From 20th Battalion | |
| 15 Oct 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 20th Infantry Battalion, From 63rd Battalion | |
| 3 Oct 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6628, 20th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the abdomen. | |
| 22 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6628, 20th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Walter Oliver and Emma Oliver of 'Grenfell', Gladstone Street, Bexley, NSW.
Commenced return to Australia on 22 December 1918 aboard HT Bakara disembarking on 14 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1920c Herbert married Mable Lunn in Sydney, NSW