Regimental number | 2585 |
Place of birth | Norwood, South Australia |
School | Norwood High School, South Australia |
Other training | School of Mines |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | Coonalpyn, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Height | 5' 9.75" |
Weight | 160 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Emily Colliver, Birks Street, Parkside, South Australia |
Previous military service | Served for 3 years in the Volunteer Cadets. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Adelaide, South Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 32nd Battalion, 5th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/49/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | Commissioned |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 43rd Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Peronne, France |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 22.11 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 22 |
Place of burial | Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row J, Grave No. 6), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 136 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Commemorated in Payneham Cemetery, South Australia. Parents: William Henry and Emily COLLIVER, 'Daylesa', Birks Street, Parkside, South Australia. Native of Norwood, South Australia |
Family/military connections | Brothers: Captain Eustace James COLLIVER MC, 43rd Bn, returned to Australia, 12 June 1919; 17950 Sergeant Norman Champion COLLIVER, 2nd Casualty Clearing Station, returned to Australia, 23 July 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, COLLIVER William Gordon |