Roger Joseph Oliver

Forenames

Roger Joseph AWMM

Surname

Oliver AWMM

Also known as

Rodger AWMM

Service number

WWI 25/1184 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Methodist

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Birth

3 Apr 1894 Public Source

Date of birth

3 April 1894

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Place of birth

Hunterville

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Address before enlistment

Post Office, Dannevirke

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Post war occupation

Post Office Messenger.

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Next of kin

Mrs E.L. Oliver (mother), Dannevirke, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 25/1184 AWMM

Military training

Territorials

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Post Office messenger/Civilian AWMM
• 16 November 1915
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Embarkation details

WW1 05 Feb 1916-12 Mar 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 42 AWMM Rifleman AWMM 3rd Battalion, B Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Rifleman AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Battalion AWMM

Roger Oliver was the son of Herbert and Emily Oliver, of Hunterville, New Zealand.

First name is spelled Roger on Nominal Roll, Rodger on CWGC and Archway. AWMM

Death

29 Aug 1918 AWMM
Age  21 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

L'Homme Mort British Cemetery, Ecoust-St Mein, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM II. C. 17. AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21382255
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/614991/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/614991
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  24: 8
• HMNZT 42. The blast : the magazine of the Third Battalion of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade. (1917). London: John Long Ltd. ; [On board ship] : [H.M.N.Z.T. No. 42, Ulimaroa]
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.