Harry Edward OLSEN

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Service Number:	53073
Enlisted:	6 March 1918, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	41st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 8 September 1899
Home Town:	Deagon, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 30 April 1994, aged 94 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Redcliffe Cemetery, Qld Grave unmarked
Memorials:

6 Mar 1918:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 53073, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
8 May 1918:	Involvement Private, 53073, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
8 May 1918:	Embarked Private, 53073, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements, RMS Osterley, Sydney
3 Oct 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 41st Infantry Battalion, From re-inforcements
13 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 53073, 41st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Andrew Olsen and Annie Olsen nee Scrutchings of Board Street, Deagon, Brisbane, QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 3 July 1919 aboard HT Prinz Hubertus disembarlng on 26 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal