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Oliver Robert CLOTHIER

Regimental number1013
Place of birthPyrmont, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPatternmaker
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 5"
Weight136 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Ellen Clothier, 29 Hopetoun Street, Newtown, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed for 4 years in the 33rd Infantry, Citizen Military Forces; resigned.
Enlistment date16 October 1916
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentActing Corporal
Unit nameAustralian Flying Corps, No 4 Squadron, B Flight
AWM Embarkation Roll number8/7/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Omrah on 17 January 1917
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal RollAustralian Flying Corps
FateReturned to Australia 9 January 1920
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)No details of fate entered on Nominal Roll.
Discharge date12 April 1920
Other details

War service: Western Front

Granted leave with pay and subsistence, 1 May-1 August 1919: Non-Military Employment: poultry farming: Mrs A.K. Hawkes, Woolley House, Braishfield, Romsey, Hants.

Married Lily Margaret Laura STRONG, spinster, aged 22, Parish Church, Bosham, Sussex, 25 August 1919.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Megantic', 9 January 1920; disembarked Sydney, 27 February 1920; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), 12 April 1920.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, CLOTHIER Oliver Robert

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