Charles Reuben OLIVER

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Service Number:	5718
Enlisted:	17 January 1916, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Dental Details: AIF
Born:	Perth, Scotland, 1885
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bricklayer
Died:	Yass, New South Wales, Australia, 7 December 1955, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Yass Cemetery, NSW
Memorials:

17 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5718, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
3 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 5718, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
3 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 5718, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney
13 Oct 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5718, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Wound to the chest. Embarked for England on 23 October 1916 aboard HS St, Denis
16 Apr 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Dental Details: AIF, From 3rd Battalion
9 Apr 1921:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5718, Dental Details: AIF, Discharged at the 2 Military District as medically unfit

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Husband of Mary Haynes Oliver of Shepherd Street, Sydney, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 14 May 1919 abpard HT Ypringa disembarking on 5 July 1919 at Melbourne then by rail to Sydney.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal