Thorvence HartVig (Artie) OLSEN

OLSEN, Thorvence HartVig

    Service Number: 6846
    Enlisted: 19 March 1917, Enlisted at Townsville, QLD
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 26th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, 13 August 1892
    Home Town: Townsville, Townsville, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Townsville General Hospital, Queensland, Australia, 26 January 1924, aged 31 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Townsville (Belgian Gardens) Cemetery, Qld
    Section E1, Row 4, Grave 44. Interred on 27 January 1924
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    World War 1 Service

    19 Mar 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6846, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Townsville, QLD
    14 Jun 1917: Involvement Private, 6846, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
    14 Jun 1917: Embarked Private, 6846, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
    30 Oct 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 26th Infantry Battalion, From 25th Battalion
    1 Nov 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6846, 26th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Ole Olsen and Ann Marie Olsen nee Thorsen of Charters Towers, QLD.

    Husband of Lillian Dorothy Olsen nee Condon C/- Mrs C Gough, Fletcher Street, Townsville, QLD. Thorvence and Lillian married on 21 October 1915 in QLD

    Commenced return to Australia on 24 July 1918 aboard HT Bakara disembarking 30 September 1918 at Sydney for Brisbane

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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