Robert OLSON

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Other Name:	Oliver, Robert - Service Record - Alias
Service Number:	1396
Enlisted:	28 November 1914
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Balmain, New South Wales, Australia, 1 January 1882
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Illness, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 9 February 1917, aged 35 years
Cemetery:	Gore Hill Cemetery, New South Wales Church of England A
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, New South Wales Garden of Remembrance (Rookwood Necropolis)

28 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1396, 2nd Infantry Battalion
11 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1396, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
11 Feb 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1396, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee
9 Feb 1917:	Involvement Private, 1396, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1396 awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-02-09

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OLSON -February 9 1917 at North Sydney Robert son of late Captain W O Olson aged 34 years from, illness contracted at Gallipoli 2nd Battalion AIF