Participant Info

Surname

Olifent

First Name

William

Initial

E

Service Number

3211

Rank

private

Unit Served

8th Reinforcements, 50th Battalion

Service Record

France, Belgium

Enlistment Date

1916

Enlistment Month

October 9

Embarkation Year

1916

Embarkation Month

December 16

Date of Death

1917

Month of Death

September 27

Death Category

KIA

All Australia Memorial Reference

Australia's Fighting Families chapter, SA section I (or i), notes page 10, image page 9

Also Known As

Spousal

Spousal Address

Spouse City

Spouse State

Parental Name

William S. and Mary Jane Olifent

Parental Address

Petersburg

Parental City

Parental State

SA

Notes

"born Broken Hill, August 15, 1891, educated Quorn, and Hammond Public Schools, employee South Australian Railways, enlisted October 8, 1916, embarked December 16, 1916. War service: France, Belgium, made the supreme sacrifice, Zonnebeke, September 26, 19