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OLESEN, Thomas Pallasen
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2047 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 21 October 1916, Enlisted at Show Ground Camp, Sydney, New South Wales as part of the Light Trench Mortar Battery, 6th Reinforcement recruitment. |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 11 February 1886 |
| Home Town: | Maryborough, Fraser Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Photographer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated: - Panel 25, Menin Gate Memorial, Belgium |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 21 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2047, 35th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Show Ground Camp, Sydney, New South Wales as part of the Light Trench Mortar Battery, 6th Reinforcement recruitment. | |
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| 12 Oct 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 2047, 35th Infantry Battalion, Killed in action by machine gun bullet, during the Third Battle of Ypres, at Passchendaele, Belgium. | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Corporal, 2047, 35th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Dianne Black
The Daily Mail, Brisbane, Queensland, Thursday 22nd November 1917 - Page 3
"WITH THE COLOURS"
Word has been received in Maryborough that Pte. T. P. Olesen was killed in action. The late Mr. Olesen for some years carried on a photography business in Maryborough, in conjunction uith Mr- T- Strong, the firm being known as Olesen and Strong. The deceased was a native of Bundaberg, and enlisted in Sydney about a year ago.