Captain Oliver Holmes Woodward

image: A03582A image: A03582A
Photograph A03582A
Ranks Held Captain, Lieutenant, Second Lieutenant
Birth Date 1885-10-08
Birth Place Australia: New South Wales, Tenterfield
Death Date 1966-08-24
Death Place Australia: Tasmania, Hobart
Final Rank Captain
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • Australian Mining Corps
  • 1st Australian Tunnelling Company
Places
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1916-07-27
Published in London Gazette in 1919-04-02
Published in London Gazette in 1919-12-10
Published in London Gazette in 1919-02-15
Published in London Gazette in 1919-07-30
Published in London Gazette in 1918-12-31
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-06-17
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-07-23
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1916-11-30
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-11-20
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-05-23
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1920-03-25

Collection items

    Media


    Cropped photograph of Captain Oliver Holmes Woodward MC and Bar and 2nd Bar, of the 1st ...

    Brandhoek, Belgium, c. 1917-06. Outdoors group portrait of the officers and Regimental Sergeant ...

Rolls

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    1st Australian Tunnelling Company
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    1st Australian Tunnelling Company
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain
    London Gazette
    31 December 1918 on page 15226 at position 99
    Commonwealth Gazette
    23 May 1919 on page 880 at position 25

  • First World War Embarkation Roll:

    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    1st Australian Tunnelling Company
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    1st Australian Tunnelling Company
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Second Lieutenant

  • First World War Embarkation Roll:

    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant

  • First World War Nominal Roll:

    Unit
    1st Australian Tunnelling Company
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    1st Australian Tunnelling Company
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain
    London Gazette
    15 February 1919 on page 2371 at position 5
    Commonwealth Gazette
    17 June 1919 on page 1015 at position 76

  • First World War Nominal Roll:

    Unit
    Australian Mining Corps
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    1st Australian Tunnelling Company
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain
    London Gazette
    02 April 1919 on page 4319 at position 3
    Commonwealth Gazette
    23 July 1919 on page 1163 at position 17

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    1st Australian Tunnelling Company
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Second Lieutenant
    London Gazette
    27 July 1916 on page 7443 at position 1
    Commonwealth Gazette
    30 November 1916 on page 3235 at position 6

Timeline

Date of birth 08 October 1885
Date of enlistment 03 January 1916
Date of embarkation 20 February 1916
Date returned to Australia 16 March 1919
Date of death 24 August 1966

Share this page

Related information

Conflicts

Units

Places

Subjects

Objects

Related Objects