William Henry OLIVER

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Service Number:	152
Enlisted:	2 February 1915, Enlisted at Keswick, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Portsmouth, England, 14 March 1878
Home Town:	Queenstown, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Port Adelaide Infant School for Boys & Girls,South Australia
Occupation:	Storeman
Died:	Coober Pedy, South Australia, 29 July 1955, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Coober Pedy Old Cemetery Third row
Memorials:

2 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 152, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Keswick, SA
26 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 152, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Morea embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
26 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 152, 27th Infantry Battalion, RMS Morea, Adelaide
29 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 152, 27th Infantry Battalion, Gassed. Invalided to England on 27 May 1918 aboard HS Esquitto
6 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 152, 27th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit due to gassing

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Son of Thomas Benjamin Oliver and Elizabeth C Oliver of New Street, Queenstown, SA.

Commenced return to Australia on 19 February 1919 aboard HT Orca disembarking on 29 March 1919

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

Post war he resided at Coober Pedy, SA and had been involved in accident in the early 1930s