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Lance Corporal Thomas Edward Oliver

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1890-10-22
Place of birth: Penzance Cornwall England
Next of kin: James Sanding Oliver, Father, 42 Leskinniok Terrace, Penzance, Cornwall, England.
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Locomotive Fireman
Occupation (normalized): Railway Steam-Engine Fireman
Religion: Church of England
Date of death: 1916-09-15
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Vimy Memorial, N/A

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 79356
Rank detail
  1. Lance Corporal, 31st Battalion, Infantry (Army).
  2. Private, 31st Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Killed in the advance from Pozieres to Courcelette during the Somme offensive.

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 1572645
LAC ID: 544079
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B7454-S030
Uploader's Notes: This man had previously served for 3 years in the 2nd Battalion of the DCLI as a volunteer.
Uploader's Research notes:

Info from the war diary and attestation papers. This man is on the CWGC site.

[Lance Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 31st Battalion C ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2013-07-20