William James OLIVER

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Service Number:	518
Enlisted:	19 June 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Beaminster, Dorset, England, 1882
Home Town:	Croydon, Ashfield, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Ice Vendor
Died:	Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia, 14 January 1933, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Denham Court Anglican Church Cemetery, New South Wales
Memorials:

19 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 518, 1st Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
23 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 518, 1st Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 518, 1st Machine Gun Company, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
13 Feb 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Machine Gun Company, From 1st Machine Gun Company
22 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 518, 5th Machine Gun Company, Remained on duty
21 Feb 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 518, 5th Machine Gun Company, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of James Oliver and Annie Oliver of Church Street, Croydon, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 5 July 1919 aboard HT Port Melbourne disembarking on 20 August 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1920c William married Keziz Amelia Susan Howe in Kariimba, NSW