Frank OLIVER

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Service Numbers:	767, 757
Enlisted:	24 August 1914, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Townsville, Queensland, Australia , 2 August 1883
Home Town:	Townsville, Townsville, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Barotype Operator
Died:	Waverley, New South Wales, Australia, 26 May 1938, aged 54 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	South Head General Cemetery, Vaucluse, New South Wales Plot reads:- G-A-GE-74
Memorials:

24 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 767, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 767, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 767, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
30 Apr 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 757, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wound to the left leg
22 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 757, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion.
23 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 767, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Henry Oliver and Honora Matilda Oliver nee Connell of Townsville, QLD

Next of kin given as his brother William George Oliver of Salmons Ltd, Flinders Street, Townsville, QLD.

Member of the QLD Rifle Club

Commenced return to Australia on 16 October 1918 aboard HT Devon disembarking on 23 November 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

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

On 13 July 1925 Frank married Catherine Agnes Gillespie in QLD