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Bacchus Marsh
Avenue of Honour

Private Robert Oliver

1897
Born at Bacchus Marsh, VIC
11/5/1916
Enlisted in the AIF, 4th Reinforcements, 59th Battalion, aged 19
1/8/1916
Embarked aboard the HMAT A67 Orsova
14/9/1916
Disembarked at Plymouth, England
19/10/1916
Forfeited 38 days pay for overstaying leave for 10 days
29/12/1916
Joined unit in France
23/3/1917
Admitted to Divisional Rest Station - diarrhoea
6/4/1917
Admitted to hospital, Rouen, France
19/4/1917
Invalided back to England and admitted to 1st Southern General Hospital
11/5/1917 - 25/5/1917
Transferred to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital - enteritis
6/6/1917 - 9/6/1917
Granted furlough
9/1/1918
Rejoined unit in France
5/4/1918
Wounded in action - gunshot wound to the head, penetrative
5/4/1918
Transferred to 3rd Australian General Hospital, Abbeville, France
7/4/1918
Died of wounds
Buried in the Abbeville Communal Cemetery, France

Last updated by lee, Mon, 03 May 2021 15:08:00