Alfred Arthur OLIVER

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Service Numbers:	1397, 6179
Enlisted:	21 November 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	18th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Auckland, New Zealand, 1873
Home Town:	Wellington, Wellington, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Draper
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917
Cemetery:	Birr Cross Roads Cemetery Plot V, Row D, Grave 14
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wellington Cenotaph, Wellington Hall of Memory Honour Roll

21 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1397, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
11 Feb 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1397, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Embarked HMAT Seang Bee at Sydney, NSW
27 Jul 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1397, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shell wound to the left patella.
11 May 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1397, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as wounded
13 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6179, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Dubbo, NSW
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6179, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney
25 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6179, 18th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''

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Commenced return to Australia (first time) on 19 January 1916 aboard HS Star of Victoria disembarking on 31 March 1916

Address at the time of enlistment was given as Great Central Hotel, Wellington, NSW.

Prior to coming to Australia Alfred was apprenticed to R.H. Abbott, Drapers of Auckland, NZ for two years.

Next of kin given as a friend Agnes O'Brien of Wellington Stores Ltd, Wellington, NSW.

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal. Not issued family untraceable