Territory Stories

Frank Oliver

Details:

Title

Frank Oliver,

Name

Frank Oliver,

Also known as

Oliver, Frank,

Collection

WWII Roll of Honour, HistoryNT, Second World War, 1939-1945,

Date

2021,

Place of birth

Townsville (Qld.),

Occupation

Waterside worker,

Date of death

1942-02-19,

Place of death

Town wharf,

Cultural heritage

Australian,

Biographical notes

Frank Oliver was born in Townsville but spent the greater part of his life in Innisfail. He worked as a waterside worker in Innisfail prior to moving to Darwin. He was single and twenty-seven years old when he died in the bombing of Darwin. News of his death came to the secretary of the Innisfail branch of the Waterside Worker's Federation from a telegram received from another former Innisfail waterside worker in Darwin. According to the Cairns Post, Oliver's mother still lived in Townsville at the time of the raid.,

Notes

Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0,

Language

English,

Subject

Second World War, 1939-1945, Bombing of Darwin, Roll of Honour, Northern Territory history, wharfies,

File type

image/tiff,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT, Library & Archives NT,