OLIVER, George Edward
| Service Number: | 2760 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wiliamstown, 12 August 1891 |
| Home Town: | Newport, Hobsons Bay, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Epilepsy associated with Frontal Lobe Damage resulting from Shell Wound , Repatriation Mental Hospital Bundoora, 27 July 1960, aged 68 years |
| Cemetery: |
Western Suburbs Crematorium, Victoria Western Suburbs Memorial Park, Altona. Fountain Court, Wall A, Nitche 9 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2760, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2760, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sandra Rae Glew
Our grandfather, George Edward Oliver, fought in France during WW1. He was in the 5th Pioneers and received severe gunshot wounds, especially to his head (pinet) and legs. As if that wasn't enough, he was gassed as well. Surgeons in England inserted a steel plate in his head above the temple which remained there for the rst of his life. In the breast pocket of his uniform he carried a small red New Testament that was evidently issued to all soldiers. When he was shot the bullet went through the Testament and came to rest in the very back cover. Pa said that the soldiers had to wade hrough mud up to their waist in the trenches in wintertime and snow on the battlefields was nearly waist high also.
After Pa was repatriated home he worked for the Postal service (Australia Post) delivering mail around Newport and then Footscray. People that knew him told us he was a lovely gentleman and they all had a good word to say about him.
We his three granddaughters, Elayne (nee Glew) Stanford, Sandra and Andrea Glew were very proud of our grandfather and thank him and all those that served in the war to give us the freedom we take for granted today.
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