Frederick James OLSON

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OLSON, Frederick James

Service Number:	3525
Enlisted:	24 August 1915, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	56th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Millers Point, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Printer
Died:	New South Wales, Australia, 16 December 1980, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

24 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3525, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW
2 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3525, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3525, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
14 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 54th Infantry Battalion, From 2nd Battalion
23 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 61st Infantry Battalion , From 54th Batta;opm
10 Jun 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 54th Infantry Battalion, From 61st Battalion
11 Oct 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 56th Infantry Battalion, From 54th Battalion
29 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3525, 56th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Address at the time of enlistment was given as Trinity Avenue, Millers Point, NSW

Son of John Olson and Mary Ellen Olson of Kiptan Street, Surry Hills, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 13 April 1919 aboard HT Suffolk but failed to re-embark at Melbourne on 31 May 1919 recommenced return to Sydney on 2 June 1919 aboard HT Wyreema disembarking on 3 June 1919

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

During 1923c Frederick married Doris W. Nichols in NSW.

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