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OLSEN, Arthur
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 395 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 February 1916, Enlisted at Casual, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company |
| Born: | Toronto, New South Wales, Australia , 25 April 1894 |
| Home Town: | Toronto, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Motor Mechanic |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 3 November 1970, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW |
| Memorials: | Toronto Public School Pupils HB, Toronto Red Cross Honour Roll, Toronto War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 9 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 395, Mining Corps, Enlisted at Casual, NSW | |
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| 20 Feb 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 395, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 395, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 395, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 395, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company, From Mining Corps | |
| 7 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 395, Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company | |
| 16 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 395, Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company, Second occasion. Gassed. | |
| 2 Jan 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 395, Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Olaf Olsen and Ada Denney formally Olsen of Toronto, Newcastle, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 23 September 1919 aboard HT Ascanius disembarking on 10 November 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1925c Arthur married Muriel May Appleby in Sydney, NSW