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OLIVER, Samuel Joseph
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 418 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Victorian Bushmans Contingent |
| Born: | Bobinawarrah, Victoria, Australia, 8 March 1870 |
| Home Town: | Wangaratta, Wangaratta, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Milawa State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Rough Rider |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Koster River, South Africa, 22 July 1900, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
Old Cemetery Rustenburg, North-West, South Africa |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Boer War Memorial (Queen Victoria Square), Milawa Hall Private Sam Oliver Memorial Plaque, Wangaratta Boer War Memorial |
Service History
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 418 | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 418, 3rd Victorian Bushmans Contingent | |
| 10 Mar 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 418, 3rd Victorian Bushmans Contingent, Embarked from Melbourne on the "Euryalus" Troopship. Disembarked at Beira in Portugues Mozambique on 3 April 1900. | |
| 4 Apr 1900: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 418, 3rd Victorian Bushmans Contingent, The Boer Offensive, Entrained to Rhodesia to join Rhodesian Field Force before invading the Transvaal. | |
| 15 May 1900: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 3rd Victorian Bushmans Contingent, Rank upgraded to Trooper when 3VBC was merged with 3WABC to form 3rd Australian Bushmen's Regiment in Rhodesian Field Force. | |
| 27 Jun 1900: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 418, 3rd Victorian Bushmans Contingent, Relief of Mafeking, Reinforce Mafeking Relief Force. | |
| 22 Jul 1900: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 418, 3rd Victorian Bushmans Contingent, K.I.A. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Samuel Joseph OLIVER was born in 1870 in Wangaratta, Victoria
His parents were John Edwin OLIVER & Agnes Bridget COX
He died on 22nd July, 1900 at Koster River, South Africa and is buried in Rustenberg
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