James OLSEN

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Service Number:	4748
Enlisted:	9 December 1915, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Stawell, Victoria, Australia, 1879
Home Town:	Botany, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fellmonger
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 26 April 1951, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW Crematorium Chapel Gardens, Garden E1, Position 382. Commemorated with a plaque in the NSW Garden of Rmembrance
Memorials:

9 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4748, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
13 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 4748, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
13 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 4748, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
16 Apr 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4748, 20th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the hand. Embarked for England on 12 May 1917 aboard HS Essiquibo
11 Jun 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4748, 20th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as 'Avondale House', Botany Road, Botany, NSW

Son of James Olsen and Catherine Olsen nee McMillian of Allandale, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 18 October 1917 zboard HT Beltana disembarking on 13 December 1917 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal