John Martin OLSON

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Service Number:	7794
Enlisted:	22 September 1917, Enlisted at Redfern, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	35th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1899
Home Town:	Belmore, Canterbury, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Died:	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, November 1972, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Field Of Mars Cemetery, Ryde, NSW Anglican area, Section G, Grave 157
Memorials:

22 Sep 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7794, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Redfern, NSW
28 Feb 1918:	Involvement Private, 7794, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
28 Feb 1918:	Embarked Private, 7794, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Sydney
1 Jul 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 35th Infantry Battalion, From 3rd Battalion
22 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7794, 35th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the scalp. Invalided to England on 26 August 1918
9 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7794, 35th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of Bernard Martin Olson and Mary Elizabeth Olson nee Bott of 'Casino', Taylor Street, Belmore, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 25 January 1919 aboard HT Ceramic disembarking on 14 March 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney by boat

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1919c John married Miriam Daphne Prior in NSW