Melville Henry Chalmers OLIVE

Regimental number8/2690
AddressTapanui
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, Captain Henry Olive, PO Box 773, GPO Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 6th Reinforcement, Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 14 August 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 23 October 1916
Place of burialEstaires Communal Cemetery and Extension (Plot II, Row C, Grave No 2), France
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Sixth