Robert Cecil OLSEN

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Service Number:	1568
Enlisted:	11 August 1915, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Clermont, Queensland, Australia, 16 December 1895
Home Town:	Mount Chalmers, Rockhampton, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Stockman
Died:	Whitsundays, Queensland, Australia, 2 April 1927, aged 31 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Bowen General Cemetery, Qld Interred on 3 April 1927
Memorials:	Corinda Sherwood Shire Roll of Honor

11 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1568, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD
18 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 1568, 11th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 1568, 11th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
16 Feb 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd ANZAC Battalion, Imperial Camel Corps
25 Jul 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 11th Light Horse Regiment
29 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1568, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Son of Alexander Frederick Olsen and Emily Frances Olsen nee Diamond of Mount Chalmers, QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 24 July 1919 aboard HT Dongala disembarking on 28 August 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal