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OLVER, Henry
Personal Details
Service Number: | 3107 |
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Enlisted: | 9 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 57th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Murtoa, Victoria, Australia, November 1887 |
Home Town: | North Fitzroy, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Grocer |
Died: | Melbourne East, Victoria, Australia, 11 March 1968, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton, Victoria Wesleyan, Compartment H, Grave 767A |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
9 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3107, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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29 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 3107, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
29 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 3107, 7th Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Melbourne | |
22 Aug 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 59th Infantry Battalion | |
18 May 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 57th Infantry Battalion, From 59th Battalion | |
13 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 57th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Richard Thomas Olver and Sarah Ann Olver nee Davies of Falconer Street, North Fitzroy, Victoria.
Commenced return to Australia on 3 May 1919 aboard HT Leicestershire disembarking on 13 June 1919
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1919c Henry married Jessica Mildred May White in Victoria