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OLSSON, Erik Hugo Rangnar
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2178 |
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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 |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
15 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2178, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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