Calder Kernot OLIVER MC and Bar

OLIVER, Calder Kernot

    Service Number: 2958
    Enlisted: 30 August 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Lieutenant
    Last Unit: 15th Field Company Engineers
    Born: Yarra Glen, Victoria, Australia, February 1888
    Home Town: Brighton, Bayside, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Engineer
    Died: Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 6 December 1956, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW
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    World War 1 Service

    30 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 2958, 5th Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    24 Nov 1915: Involvement 2958, 5th Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
    24 Nov 1915: Embarked 2958, 5th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
    6 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 15th Field Company Engineers, From 5th Field Company Engineers
    3 Oct 1917: Honoured Military Cross and bar, Military Cross:- For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When the situation was still obscure, he reconnoitred the whole brigade front in daylight, and, being in the front line when a counter attack took place, he returned through the barrage with an extremely accurate and valuable report. He took out wiring parties on several occasions to a most exposed part of the front, which was the objective of repeated counter attacks, frequently passing through barrages to reach their position. London Gazette on 19 November 1917, page 11953, position 35 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 7 August 1918, page 1660, position 9 Bar to Military Cross:- For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He went forward under heavy shelling, and taped out the line of connection between the head of a sap and the objective gained. He then returned, led the digging party to the spot, and remained there until the work was completed. Thanks to his gallantry, a most valuable communication was effected. London Gazette on 24 September 1918, page 11286, position 6 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 12 February 1919, page 263, position 13
    7 Dec 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 15th Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Calder Edkins Oliver and Elizabeth Archer Oliver nee Kernot of Manor Street, Brighton, Victoria

    On 21 August 1918 Calder married of Dorothy Wilde of Regents Road, Brightinsea, Essex

    Commenced return to Australia on 22 August 1919 aboard HT Anchises disembarking on 8 October 1919

    Medals: Military Cross & Bar, 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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