Ernest Arthur OLLEY

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Service Number:	3112
Enlisted:	10 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	Army Medical Corps (AIF)
Born:	London, England, 11 November 1881
Home Town:	Windsor, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Campbellfield, Victoria, Australia, 21 July 1939, aged 57 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Church of England, Compartment C, Section 10, Grave 04. Interred on 22 July 1939
Memorials:

10 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3112, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
29 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 3112, 6th Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Melbourne
29 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 3112, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
4 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, 3112, 6th Infantry Battalion, Shell shock
11 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion, From 6th Battalion
25 Feb 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Army Medical Corps (AIF), From 58th Battalion
30 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3112, Army Medical Corps (AIF), Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Charles Frederick Olley and Alice Olley nee Leggett of London, England.

On 13 September 1903 Ernest married Ethel Margaret Smith in Stockwell Green, St Andrew, England. Later of Blenheim Street, Balaclava, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 2 January 1919 aboard HS Aeneas as nursing staff disembarking on 5 February 1919

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal