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James Cecil OLIVER

Regimental number2496
Place of birthCooma New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationTelegraph lineman
AddressBerridale, via Cooma, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinMother, Mrs. Flora Oliver, Berridale, via Cooma, New South Wales
Enlistment date11 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A67 Orsova on 14 July 1915
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 23 August 1916
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Date of fate given incorrectly on Nominal Roll as 3 August 1916.
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialPuchevillers British Cemetery (Plot II, Row F, Grave No. 23), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
37
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Flora OLIVER, Berridale, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsCousins (1st): 4651 Pte Thomas Ambrose AITCHISON, 20th Bn, returned to Australia, 7 June 1918; 6026 Pte Lindsay George AITCHISON, 24th Bn, returned to Australia, 7 July 1919; 2nd Cousin: 2106 Sergeant Farquher Henry SUTHERN MM, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, effective abroad (still overseas).

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