Albert Francis OLSEN

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Service Number:	3220
Enlisted:	31 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bethanga, Victoria, Australia, 4 June 1886
Home Town:	Sandringham, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Royal Park, Victoria, Australia, 10 October 1938, aged 52 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholic Section GA, Grave 626. Grave is unmarked. Interred on 11 October 1938
Memorials:

31 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3220, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
26 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3220, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
26 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3220, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne
24 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Infantry Battalion, From 24th Battalion
4 Jan 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3220, 8th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to neurasthenia

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Address at the time on enlistment was given as Fire Station, Sandringham, Victoria.

Son of Oleson Olsen and Sarah Jane Olsen nee Cosgrove of Bethanga, Victoria

Next of kin given as his brother Edward Olsen of Bethanga, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 17 October 1916 aboard HT Ajana disembarking on 8 December 1916

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Enlisted for Home Service on 22 May 1917 and was discharged on 26 August 1918