Erik Hugo Rangnar OLSSON

Badge Number: S16909, Sub Branch: Kilburn
S16909

OLSSON, Erik Hugo Rangnar

Service Number: 2178
Enlisted: 15 September 1915, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 48th Infantry Battalion
Born: Landskrona, Sweden, 26 August 1892
Home Town: Prospect (SA), Prospect, South Australia
Schooling: Landskrona School, Sweden
Occupation: Fireman (Marine)
Died: Repatriation Hospital, Daw Park, South Australia, 22 December 1981, aged 89 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Dudley Park Cemetery, South Australia
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World War 1 Service

15 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2178, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
7 Feb 1916: Involvement Private, 2178, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
7 Feb 1916: Embarked Private, 2178, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Adelaide
2 Apr 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 48th Infantry Battalion, From 32nd Battalion
3 Jul 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2178, 48th Infantry Battalion, Remained on duty
20 Sep 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2178, 48th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Remained on duty
11 Nov 1918: Involvement Private, 2178, 48th Infantry Battalion
21 Jul 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2178, 48th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Axel Olsson and Anna Olsson of Capper Street, Kent Town, SA.

Commenced return to Australia on 13 April 1919 aboard HT Commonwealth disembarking on 6 June 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 16 June 1920 Erik married Lavina Cora Lee in Manresa, Norwood, SA