Oscar Alfred OLSEN

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Service Number:	999
Enlisted:	30 September 1916, Enlisted at Inverell, NSW
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 8 Training Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
Born:	Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Inverell, Inverell, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motor Mechanic
Died:	Dungog, New South Wales, Australia, 4 June 1973, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Dungog Presbyterian Columbarium, New South Wales
Memorials:	Inverell & District Memorial Olympic Pool WW1 Honour Roll, Inverell Fern Hill Public School & Residents HR, Inverell Intermediate High School Roll of Honour

30 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 999, No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Enlisted at Inverell, NSW
17 Jan 1917:	Involvement Private, 999, No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Omrah embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
17 Jan 1917:	Embarked 999, No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, RMS Omrah, Melbourne
17 Jan 1917:	Involvement 999, No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Omrah embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
17 Jan 1917:	Embarked Private, 999, No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, RMS Omrah, Melbourne
10 Jul 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Flight Sergeant, No. 8 Training Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
27 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Flight Sergeant, 999, No. 8 Training Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Discharged at the 2nd Military District while Chief Mechanic

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Son of Alfred Olsen and Fanny Olsen of River Street, Inverell, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 6 May 1919 aboard HT Kaiser-i-Hind disembarking on 19 June 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1922c Oscar married Stella Arlene Titcume in Gloucester, NSW.