OLIVER, Percy Richmond


Service Number: Not known,Not applicable (Officer)
Rank: Not known
Enlistment Unit: 2nd Fiji Contingent Kings own Rifles
Transferred Unit: Not known or not applicable
Date of Enlistment: In Fiji in 1915
Enlistment Age: Not known
Fate of person: Died of wounds

Biographical Details

Percy was thirty eight when he died of wounds received in action on the Western Front. He had been born in Richmond, Victoria but had worked for the Tasmanian Railways before leaving for work in Fiji. Following the outbreak of war he enlisted in the 2nd Fiji Kings Own Rifles. He is commemorated on the Australian War Memorial at Theipval.

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