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Welcome home for returned soldier, Private Oliver [PRG 280/1/30/231] • Photograph

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Summary

Bystanders welcome home Private John Oliver, the first resident of O'Halloran Street, Adelaide to return from the war. One of nearly 40 men from O'Halloran Street to join up, Private Oliver was born in Norwood and enlisted on 10 February 1916. A member of the 27th Battalion during the Battle of the Somme, Oliver was wounded in the left shoulder and throat at Flers on 5 November 1916. He died on 30 May 1992.

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Physical description

photograph; 8.5 x 11.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1917

Collection

Part of Searcy Collection

Subject

Oliver, John Percy, 1898-1992
World War, 1914-1918
Soldiers -- South Australia

Catalogue record

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General notes

Other photos of Private Oliver's welcome home are published in the Observer Newspaper, 6 October 1917, pg.26.

Digitisation information

Date

27/02/2002

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,060 x 2,174 pixels (6.7 MP)

Size

6.66 MB

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