Percy Dowell OLIVER

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Service Number:	5937
Enlisted:	25 April 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	18th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bourke, New South Wales, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Neutral Bay, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Manager
Died:	Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia, 1957, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Cremorne St Peter's Anglican Church WW1 Honour Roll, Goondiwindi War Memorial

25 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5937, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
7 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 5937, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
7 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 5937, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
3 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5937, 18th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the arm and leg. Embarked for England on 15 May 1917 aboard HS Panama
9 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5937, 18th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Severe wound to the left leg. Embarked for England on 11 April 1918 aboard HS Aberdonian
17 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5937, 18th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of William Oliver and Elizabeth Oliver of 'Pendiana', McPherson Street, Neutral Bay, NSW formerly of Bourke, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 1 July 1919 aboard HT Frankfurt disembarking in 20 August 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1920c Percy married Evelyn D. Baily in Mosman, NSW