Harry OLSTAD

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Service Number:	3887
Enlisted:	10 August 1917, Port Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Field Ambulance
Born:	Babo, Norway, 16 December 1883
Home Town:	Port Adelaide, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Marine Fireman
Died:	Died of Wounds, France, 7 September 1918, aged 34 years
Cemetery:	St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Block R, Plot 111, Row K, Grave 15. Rev. G.H. Haslett officiated
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, The South Australian National War Memorial

10 Aug 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Port Adelaide, South Australia
30 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3887, 6th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
30 Oct 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3887, 6th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne
31 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3887, 5th Field Ambulance, Shell wounds to the arms and legs
7 Sep 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3887, 5th Field Ambulance, "The Last Hundred Days", --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3887 awm_unit: 5th Australian Field Ambulance awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-09-07

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as Sailors Home, Port Adelaide, SA.

Son of A. Erlandgin Olstad of Bobo, Elverom, Norway

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal