Joseph Edwin OLSSON

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Service Number:	5418
Enlisted:	24 February 1916, Enlisted at Warragul, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	59th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Warragul, Victoria, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Neerim East, Baw Baw, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Neerim East, Victoria, Australia, 23 August 1950, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Neerim Cemetery, Victoria
Memorials:

24 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5418, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Warragul, Victoria
10 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion, From 5th Battalion
3 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 5418, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: ''
3 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 5418, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Melbourne
25 Sep 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion, From 60th Battalion
19 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5418, 59th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Augustus Olsson and Annie Maia Olsson nee Sandman of Neerim East, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 10 June 1919 aboard HT Port Lyttleton on 5 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1926c Joseph married Violet May Turner in Victoria