Oliver
Lester
Branford
Born in Bulls Creek, Strathalbyn, South Australia, Australia
Ancestors 
Son of Ezra Branford
and Lucy Rose (Woods) Branford
Brother of
Veda Laurel (Bramford) Spiller and Doris Irene (Branford) Smith
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 26
in France
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Nov 2021
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Biography
Oliver was born in 1891. He was the son of Ezra Branford and Lucy Woods. He passed away in 1918.
Sources
- https://www.thelockedjournal.com/webs/pedigrees/7386.html
- Australian Imperial Force, Base Records Office; B2455, First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920. BRANFORD Oliver Lester : SERN 11918 NAA: B2455, BRANFORD O L
- Roll of Honour. (Australian War Memorial, http://www.awm.gov.au : accessed 9 Aug 2022) entry for Oliver Lester Branford Service number 11918. Rank Gunner. Unit 2nd Australian Field Artillery Brigade. Date of death 14 January 1918, Place of death France. Cause of death Died of Wounds. Cemetery or Memorial Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais, France.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 August 2022), memorial page for Gunner Oliver Lester Branford (1891–14 Jan 1918), Find A Grave: Memorial #56521869, citing Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; Maintained by Digger (contributor 50072026).
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Categories: Died of Wounds, Australia, World War I | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, World War I | Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord