Cecil Stanley OLIVER

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OLIVER, Cecil Stanley

Service Number:	29
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, 4 yrs 9th Garrison Artillery 2 yrs Bombadier 2 yrs Malvern Rifle club
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd Machine Gun Company
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria Australia , 19 August 1883
Home Town:	Oakleigh, Monash, Victoria
Schooling:	Malvern Grammar School, Victoria Australia
Occupation:	Builder
Died:	Wounds, 1st/2nd Sth Midland Field Ambulance, France, 31 July 1916, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension Plot I, Row D, Grave No. 13
Memorials:	Oakleigh Avenue of Honour, Oakleigh Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 29, 6th Infantry Battalion, 4 yrs 9th Garrison Artillery 2 yrs Bombadier 2 yrs Malvern Rifle club
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 29, 6th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 29, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
5 Apr 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6th Infantry Battalion
5 Apr 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 29, 6th Infantry Battalion, Alexandria, Egypt per HMT Galeka, to join Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli Campaign
24 Apr 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 6th Infantry Battalion
14 Jul 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 6th Infantry Battalion
6 Sep 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 6th Infantry Battalion
4 Feb 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 6th Infantry Battalion, Devonport, England, per HMT Saturnia. Rejoined Unit from Base 23 February, 1916, Serapeum, Egypt
10 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 2nd Machine Gun Company
14 Jul 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Machine Gun Company
26 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Machine Gun Company, Battle for Pozières , No.2 Section casualties - Lieut. C.S. Oliver and 6 other ranks.
31 Jul 1916:	Involvement Lieutenant, 2nd Machine Gun Company, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 2 Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1916-07-31

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AWM Summary

Studio portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Cecil Stanley Oliver, 2nd Machine Gun Company from Oakleigh, Victoria. A 21 year old builder prior to enlisting on 19 August 1914, he embarked for overseas at a Private with the 6th Battalion Machine Gun Section from Melbourne on 19 October 1914 aboard HMAT Hororata. He was promoted through the ranks from Lance Corporal to Sergeant and then to Second Lieutenant on 6 September 1915 and to Lt on 14 July 1916. After serving at Gallipoli, he went on to serve on the Western Front where he was wounded in action on 27 July 1916 near Pozieres, France. Lt Oliver died of wounds on 31 July 1916 and is buried in the Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

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