Cecil Claude OLIVER

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Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	23 April 1915
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	1892, place not yet discovered
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Wireless Expert
Died:	Killed In Action, Gallipoli, 22 September 1915
Cemetery:	Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Plot 1, Row D, Grave 23 Chaplain W.E. Dexter officiated Headstone inscription reads: He died for his country's freedom
Memorials:

23 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant
12 Jun 1915:	Involvement 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: ''
12 Jun 1915:	Embarked 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Brisbane
22 Sep 1915:	Involvement Second Lieutenant, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 9th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1915-09-22

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Son of Edward C. and Elizabeth Oliver of 2 Chilka Street, Berhampore, Wellington, NZ

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal