OLSEN, Niels
| Other Name: | Olsen, Neils |
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| Service Number: | 657 |
| Enlisted: | 28 December 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 42nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Copenhagen, Denmark, 1870 |
| Home Town: | Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | District Hospital, Childers, Queensland, Australia, 14 April 1950, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Bundaberg General Cemetery, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 657, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
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| 5 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 657, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 657, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
| 17 Jul 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 657, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to rheumatism and over age |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia during 1908 aboard Seydlitz with his wife and child.
When enlisting Niels falsified his age by over ten years.
Next of kin given as his daughter Nellie Olsen of Alexander Street, East Bundaberg, QLD. Marital status given as widower, his wife Kersten Olsen nee Larsen having died in 1914.
Commenced return to Australia on 8 April 1917 aboard HT Baramah disembarking on 9 June 1917 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane
Medal: British War Medal
Obituary
An old Identity of Bundaberg, Mr. Niels Olsen, of Maynard Road, died in the District Hospital Childers, yesterday, aged 89. He was a native of Denmark. He served in the first world war in the 42nd Battalion. His wife died 38 years ago and he is survived by a son, Peter, of East Bundaberg, and two daughters, Mrs. A. Blair, of Brisbane, and Mrs. Gertrade Schaffer of Calms. His funeral will take place from the Methodist Church this afternoon at 3 o’clock;
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/284086812
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