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OLLE, Charles Advent
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 543, 548, 51293 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 August 1914, Enlisted Randwick Barracks NSW Allocated to E Company 2nd Infantry Bn on establishment of unit. |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Penshurst, Victoria, Australia, 20 May 1877 |
| Home Town: | South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Penshurst State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Bushman/ Clerk |
| Died: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1942, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Boram Boram Cemetery, Penshurst, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
Service History
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lance Corporal, 543, Victorian Imperial Bushmen |
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World War 1 Service
| 22 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 548, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted Randwick Barracks NSW Allocated to E Company 2nd Infantry Bn on establishment of unit. | |
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| 1 Sep 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Corporal, 548, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Corporal, 548, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 548, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 1 May 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Promoted in the field Gallipoli | |
| 7 May 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Promoted in the Field Gallipoli | |
| 6 Jun 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 548, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shrapnel Wound forehead Gallipoli CASEVAC to Malta for treatment and convalescence. return to Unit Gallipoli on 25th July 1915 | |
| 3 Nov 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 548, 22nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shell wound right leg penetration to tibia severe. Evacuated to 2nd General Hospital for surgery. medical board 3rd January 1916 Recommendation 6month change Australia | |
| 19 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 548, 2nd Infantry Battalion, RTA HT Hospital Ship Karoola from Suez | |
| 3 Sep 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 548, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged 3MD Melbourne at own request Medically Unfit Shell Wounds forehead and right leg Incapacitated 100% | |
| 3 Jan 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 51293, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, Enlisted Melbourne allocated to 2nd General Service Reinforcement’s Victoria Broadmeadows Camp 20 April 1918 | |
| 1 May 1918: | Involvement Sergeant, 51293, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1918: | Embarked Sergeant, 51293, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 3 Jul 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Allocated to reinforce 22nd Battalion from 5th Training Battalion UK | |
| 15 Jul 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 5th Training Battalion, Transferred from 5th Training Bn to Officer Candidate School Candahar Barracks Tidworth UK for duty as an Instructor | |
| 19 Oct 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Taken on Strength of 22nd Battalion in the field France | |
| 12 Apr 1919: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, Depot Battalion , Attached to Australian Base Depot France for duty ex 22nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 22 Aug 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 51293, 22nd Infantry Battalion, RTA 3MD Melbourne termination Period of Enlistment on HT Anchises | |
| 31 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 51293, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged 3MD Melbourne termination Period of Enlistment |
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Served as
548 Sergeant 2nd Infantry Battalion Egypt and Gallipoli
1914-1915.
Discharged Melbourne 3MD Victoria medically unfit 1916
51293 Sergeant 2nd General Service Reinforcement's Victoria 1918
22nd Infantry Battalion France1918.
Australian General Base Depot France 1919