WILLIAM+EVELYN+OLIVER

Oliver, William Evelyn, Private, 23429, 7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry Born New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada Enlisted Valcartier, Quebec, Canada Killed in action 24th April 1915 aged 21 Son of Sidney and Sophia Oliver, of Trail, British Columbia. Commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

Canadian Army Service records information: William was born in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, on the 14th January 1893. He enlisted at Valcartier Camp, Quebec, 27th September 1914, stating his occupation as a rancher, and his next of kin as Mrs. Oliver, of Greenwood, British Columbia. He was five feet ten inches in height, had a fair complexion, grey eyes and light hair, and belonged to the Church of England. He had a vaccination mark on his left arm, an old bullet wound on his right leg and a scar on his left instep.


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