Oscar Bramwell OLSEN

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Service Numbers:	999, Q69266
Enlisted:	14 September 1914, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Uralla, New South Wales, Australia, 29 July 1896
Home Town:	Petersham, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 5 August 1964, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cairns Cemetery, Queensland
Memorials:

14 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 999, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Driver, 999, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Driver, 999, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
21 Aug 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 999, 13th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to rheumatism

9 Oct 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Q69266, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
10 Jul 1944:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Q69266, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Son of Charles Joseph Olsen and Elizabeth G. Olsen nee Miller of Uralla, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 21 March 1916 aboard HT Suevic disembarking on 22 April 1916

Medals WW1: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 7 January 1925 Oscar married Sylvia Josephine O'Neill in QLD

Medals: WW2 War Medal 1939-45, Australian Service Medal