Lives of the First World War

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ID: 6072294

Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 7450 - 49

Title: Canadian Attestation Papers

Description: At the time of their enrollment in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Officer’s completed a Declaration Paper, volunteers a two sided Attestation Paper and conscripts a single sided Enlistment form. They each contain brief details about the individual. Images supplied by Libraries and Archives Canada. This source was connected by Imperial War Museums.

UPP: GBM/CAN-ATT/548224

Credit: © Libraries and Archives Canada

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ID: 9380963

Title: Service File

Description: Military Service record of Frederick Charles Oliver

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URL: http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?op=pdf&app=CEF&id=B7450-S049
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ID: 9380968

Title: Service File of Younger Brother, John Oliver

Description: Pte. Oliver's younger brother, John (~23 years younger) was KIA during the Second World War. The estate papers found in his military service file show details of the Oliver family (siblings names, ages, addresses in 1944, etc).

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ID: 9389227

Title: Find a Grave Reference for Younger Brother, Richard

Description: Completes some family info. Features photo of gravesite belonging to Pte. Oliver's brother, Richard.

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URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187511824/richard-h.-oliver
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ID: 9389289

Title: Rowing with Younger Brother, William

Description: This is a photo that has passed down through my husband's family (he is a descendant of Fred's younger brother, William) and I am sharing it at his request. In this photo, Fred (back) is seen in a boat, rowing with his younger brother, William (probably on Lake Ontario).

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Additional: Back of photo is labelled "Fred & Will, 1919"

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ID: 9389290

Title: Skating with Younger Brother, William

Description: This is a photo that has passed down through my husband's family (he is a descendant of Fred's younger brother, William) and I am sharing it at his request. In this photo, Fred (left) and Will (right) are seen skating outdoors (probably on Lake Ontario). It is believed this photo was taken in the winter of 1919-1920.

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ID: 9389295

Title: Crop from Family Photo

Description: This is a crop taken from a family photo in which Fred is out skating with his younger brother, Will (great-grandfather to my husband).

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ID: 9389313

Title: At Will's House, Circa 1940s

Description: A photo of Fred (right) with his younger brother, William (left). The two men are standing in the front porch of William's home in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. This photo is believed to have been taken during William's time in the RCAF, during the Second World War. This photo has been passed down through my husband's family (he is a descendant of Fred's brother, William) and I am sharing it at his request.

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ID: 9651347

Title: Oliver Siblings and Their Spouses

Description: This photo shows three of the Oliver siblings with their spouses. It was taken in Welland, Ontario, Canada in May 1965. The couple's are, from left to right: Fred, with wife Myrtle; Ethel, with husband Frank; Bill, with wife Edna.

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Additional: This item has survived in a family collection. Bill and Edna were my husband's great-grandparents; he had asked me to add this to his uncle Fred's page.

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ID: 9651418

Title: Oliver Men

Description: This photo was taken sometime after WW2. Egerton Oliver (seated in front) is celebrating a birthday with his surviving sons. Frederick Oliver is standing at the left, behind his father. His brother, Harry, is standing in the centre. His brother, William, is standing at the right. The other two Oliver brothers were already deceased by the time this photo was taken-- Richard died as the result of an auto accident in 1930, and John was Killed in Action during the Second World War.

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Additional: This photo has survived in a family collection. My husband is a descendant of William Oliver and he has asked me to add this to his uncle page.