Sydney Augusta OLIVER

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Service Number:	5417
Enlisted:	11 March 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Horsham, Victoria, Australia, 8 May 1883
Home Town:	Kyabram, Campaspe, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grocer
Died:	Parkville, Victoria, Australia, 19 April 1951, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremation service held on 20 April 1951. Dodonaea, Garden N2, Bed 3, Rose 26. Commemorated in the Ballarat Avenue of Honour with a Quercus Palustris tree and plaque 2715
Memorials:	Kyabram Methodist Church Honor Roll WW1

11 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5417, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
3 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 5417, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: ''
3 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 5417, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Melbourne
10 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 5417, 5th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of William Oliver and Jane Oliver nee Jackson of Church Street, Ballarat, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 12 June 1919 aboard HT Port Darwin disembarking on 27 July 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal