Frederick Denby OLIVER

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OLIVER, Frederick Denby

Service Number:	3879
Enlisted:	6 September 1915, Enlistment in Adelaide
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Collingwood, Melbourne - Victoria, May 1893
Home Town:	North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Draper
Died:	Adelaide, South Australia, 4 May 1993, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section)
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World War 1 Service

6 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3879, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment in Adelaide
7 Feb 1916:	Embarked Private, 3879, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Adelaide
7 Feb 1916:	Involvement Private, 3879, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
28 Aug 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, 27th Infantry Battalion, army cyclist corps
16 Nov 1916:	Wounded Private, 3879, 27th Infantry Battalion
26 Jan 1917:	Transferred Private, 27th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from France to England
3 May 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3879, 27th Infantry Battalion, Accidentally injured, send hospital in France.
16 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3879, 27th Infantry Battalion, Gun shot wounded for the second time
22 Sep 1918:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 27th Infantry Battalion, Oliver went back to the western front
25 Sep 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 27th Infantry Battalion, From France to England
15 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3879, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion, Send back to Australia
Date unknown:	Wounded 3879, 27th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Adelaide High School

Frederick Denby Oliver was a WWI soldier who fought for Australia. He was born in Collinwood, Melbourne in the early month of May 1893. Both his eyes and hair were brown. Oliver was Protestant. Before he enlisted in the war in 1915, he was a draper. Oliver was married to a woman named Leticia Adelia, who was next in Kin. They lived in North Adelaide, South Australia.

Oliver enlisted at the age of 23. He was 5 ft and 6.5 inches tall, his chest was 33.35 inches, he weighed 130lbs, and had a medium complexion. Oliver embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, in February 1916. On board HMAT A28 Miltiades. Six months later, he was assigned to the 27th battalion.

Frederick Denby Oliver arrived in France on August 16th, 1916, where he fought on the Western Front. A month later, he was assigned to the A.C.C (army cyclist corps). On the 5th of November, Oliver was wounded in action while fighting in France. He was transferred, to the England Convalescent hospital, Wareham, Dorset. Thirteen days later. It turned out to be a gun shot wound on the left arm. Once he was better, he returned to France, where he arrived on the 5th of February 1917. Oliver fought on the Western Front for the rest of that year.

3rd of March 1918, Oliver was in Belgium, where he left the 27th battalion without leave due to an injury caused by fatigue. After as punishment Oliver went 28 days without getting paid. Later in 1918, Oliver was accidentally injured. He was reported sick and sent to hospital in Rouen, France. From there, he got sent back to Australia in June. After three months, he re-joined the 27th infantry battalion and returned to the Western Front, where he suffered a gunshot injury in the right forearm. On the 2nd of September, Oliver was taken to Middlesex Hospital, London, England.

In 1919 after the war ended, Oliver returned home to Australia, where he arrived on the 12th of April. Here he received a star issuer for fighting on the Western front. It is not known for sure what Oliver did after the war. It’s believed he stayed in Adelaide, where he had two children, Peg and Colin.

When Oliver’s wife passed away in 1980, Leticia was buried with her family in the West Terrace cemetery. Twelve years later, when Oliver died, he was buried with Leticia.

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