Ernest Henry OLSEN

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Service Number:	2423
Enlisted:	28 July 1915, Enlisted at Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 30 October 1888
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 29 July 1916, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

28 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2423, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Perth, WA
13 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 2423, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
13 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 2423, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Fremantle
29 Jul 1916:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 2423, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2423 awm_unit: 28 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-07-29

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Son of Christian Olsen and Elizabeth Bayes formerly Olsen nee Day of Brisbane, QLD later of Dongarra, WA.

Next of kin given as his sister Florence Maud Smith of Orange Avenue, Perth, WA

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