Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC
Age: 24 years 6 months
Enlistment Details: Monday, 13 December 1915 – Melbourne, VIC
Service Number: 4175 view online service record
Address:
30 Kelso Street
Richmond, VIC
Next of Kin:
Annie Tate (mother)
30 Kelso Street
Richmond, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Tuesday, 7 March 1916
Ship: HMAT Wiltshire A18
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 24th Infantry Battalion – 10th Reinforcements
Fate:
DOW: Monday, 25 December 1916
Place: France
William Oliphant. AWM P07375.003.
Private, 24th Infantry, died of wounds 25 December 1916, France, aged 25, commemorated Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L’Abbe, France.
Mother: Mrs Annie Tate, born Port Melbourne. He enlisted as a 24-year-old labourer with his mother in South Richmond. Oliphant died from unspecified wounds at the 36th Casualty Clearing Station, France, no known grave.
Additional research by Brian Membrey
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