Oliver Clyne WATERS

OLIVER CLYNE WATERS

AKA  Oliver Clive Waters  

Late of  Parramatta  

 

New South Wales Police Force

 

Regd. #  9986  

 

Service:  From 6th January 1915   to   26th May 1915  =  4 months Service 

 

Rank:  Commenced Training at / as ? Police Academy Police Cadet on ? ? ?

 

Probationary Constable- appointed 6th January 1915

 

Constable – appointed 6th January 1916 (posthumously in 1918)

 

Final Rank =  Constable

 

Stations:  Parramatta

 

Retirement / Leaving age: = 24

Time in Retirement from Police: 21

 

Awards:  National Medal – granted ? ? ?

 

 Born:  September 1893

Died on:   6th November 1917

Age:  24

 

Cause:  Killed in Action

Event location:   Ypres, Belgium

Event date:  8th November 1917

 

Funeral date: His body was not recovered.

Funeral location:  A funeral was not held.  

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Buried at: His body was not recovered.

 

Memorial / Plaque / Monument located at: Menin Gate, Belgium

Dedication date of Memorial / Plaque / Monument: Nil – at this time ( July 2021 )

 

He is mentioned on the NSW Police Force Roll of Honour 1914-1918

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Oliver Clive Waters (recorded as Oliver Clyne Waters in the NSW Police Gazette) was born about September 1893 at Hickeys Creek near Kempsey.

Oliver Clyne Waters was sworn in as a Probationary Constable of the NSW Police Force on the 6^th January 1915. He was attached to Parramatta. He was confirmed as a Constable on the 6^th January 1916 although this was done posthumously in 1918 .

On the 26^th May 1915 Constable Waters joined the Australian Imperial Forces. He was attached to the 3^rd Battalion 8^th Reinforcements. The 3^rd Battalion was in the 2^nd and 3^rd waves at Gallipolis. They were also involved in the battle of Lone Pine. Oliver did not arrive until November 1915 which was after these battles. However by December 1915 Oliver was wounded and evacuated with all of the AIF. The Battalion was sent to Egypt where they defended the Suez Canal.

In May 1916 the 3^rd Battalion embarked for France and for the next 2½ years served in the trenches of the Western Front.  On the 27^th July 1916 Oliver was wounded in action during the Battle of Pozieres. He was sent to hospital and eventually transferred to England for his injuries and other illnesses that he had contracted.

In September 1917 Oliver was transferred back to the 3^rd Battalion. He was killed in action at Ypres, Belgium on the 8^th November 1917. He was originally reported wounded and missing. Witnesses reported he was badly wounded from a shell in the hand, face and legs at Zonnebeke near Passchendaele. He was carried by comrades to some stretcher bearers who took him to a Canadian dressing station. There is no further information about him after that. His body was never found.

His name is on the Menin Gate Memorial in Belgium.

There are photographs of Oliver Waters in Police and Army uniform on Ancestry.