Peter Olaf OLSSON

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Service Number:	2758
Enlisted:	26 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	59th Infantry Battalion
Born:	South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1884
Home Town:	Brunswick West, Moreland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bootmaker
Died:	Due to war service, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 15 March 1948
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Commemorated with a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:	West Brunswick State School Honour Roll

26 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2758, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
27 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 2758, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
27 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 2758, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
28 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion, At Tel-el-Kebir
15 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion, From 57th Battalion
25 Sep 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion, From 60th Battalion
15 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2758, 59th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as Rose Street, Brunswick West, Victoria

Son of Peter Olaf Olsson and Maru Ann Letita Olsson nee Humphrey of Hope and Wallace streets, West Brunswick, Victoria.

During 1910c Peter married Elizabeth Della Burns in Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 8 April 1919 aboard HT Tras os Montes disembarking on 22 May 1919

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal