Joseph William OLIVER

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Other Name:	JAMES, Roy Maurice - WW1 Service Record - Alias
Service Number:	2197
Enlisted:	8 May 1916, Enlisted at Brunswick, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Newcastle, England, 1887
Home Town:	Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bank Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 30 March 1918
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

8 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2197, 59th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brunswick, Victoria
1 Aug 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2197, 59th Infantry Battalion, Embarked at Melbourne, Victoria aboard HT Orsova
30 Dec 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 43rd Infantry Battalion, From 59th Battalion in England
30 Mar 1918:	Involvement Private, 2197, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2197 awm_unit: 43rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-03-30

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Enlisted and served as Roy Maurice JAMES

Son of Margaret Oliver later known as Margaret James of Otterburn Terrace, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal