William Arthur Oliver

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

406144

Unit at enlistment:

36th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Devonshire

Birth city:

Exeter

Address at enlistment:

49 Mount Pleasant Road, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

49 Mount Pleasant Road, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Machinist

Employer:

Grand Trunk Railway

Religious denominations:

Roman Catholic

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

BX October 22, 1915

Pte. Oliver Wounded

Mr. John Oliver, who resides on Mt. Pleasant Street, this morning received unwelcome news, an official telegram from the adjutant-general at Ottawa, announcing that his son, Pte. William Arthur Oliver has been taken to 14th General Hospital, Willows, on Oct. 14 suffering from concussion. Pte. Oliver is a member of the 36th Battalion, and Mr. Oliver is at a loss to know whether his son has been injured in an accident in England, or whether he has been wounded in the trenches of France.

BX March 22, 1916

Pte. Oliver in Ramsgate

Among the wounded in the Ramsgate hospital, which was bombarded by German aircraft on Sunday last was Pte. William Arthur Oliver of Farringdon Hill. His family here has received no further word of him and considerable anxiety is being entertained, though no one in the hospital was injured by the bombs. Pte. Oliver left Brantford March 31, 1915 being a member of the 36th Battalion, 3rd Contingent. He is single and of English birth. He was suffering from a concussion sustained on Oct. 13 last.

BX December 29, 1916

Slipped Quietly Home

Private William Arthur Oliver, of the 36th Battalion, son of John Oliver, of the Mt. Pleasant Road, slipped quietly home last evening, no notice of his homecoming having been received here. He was shell shocked and buried by the explosion at Messines, in 1915, and has since been recuperating, having been very roughly handled in the explosion. He arrived at St. John on the Metagama.

BX March 23, 1916

Married Since Enlisting

It was noted yesterday that Private William Arthur Oliver, Farringdon Hill, who was in Ramsgate Hospital, which was bombed, was a single man. He enlisted as a single man, and so appeared in the official record, but married after enlistment, and has one child.