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OLIVER, Benjamin Francis
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2390 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 September 1915, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Birmingham, England, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Annandale, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Hairdresser |
| Died: | New South Wales, Australia, 1977, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 5 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2390, 31st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW | |
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| 14 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 2390, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 2390, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne | |
| 29 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2390, 31st Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right arm. Invalided to England on 4 October 1918 | |
| 27 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2390, 31st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Edward Oliver and Martha Oliver of 'Leontes,' The Crescent, Annandale, NSW.
Commenced return to Australia on 22 November 1918 aboard HT Bakara as wounded disembarking on 14 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1924c Benjamin married Gladys G. Whinfield in Paddington, NSW