Arthur Henry OLSON

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OLSON, Arthur Henry

Service Number:	435
Enlisted:	26 August 1914, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	3rd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Maryborough, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Maryborough, Central Goldfields, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Died:	Bundoora, Victoria, Australia, 24 March 1956, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Cremated. Service held 28 March 1956. Garden Of Remembrance 2, Wall 8, Section 2, Niche 207. Surname spelt Olson
Memorials:	Timor State School Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

26 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 435, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 435, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 435, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
25 Jul 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 435, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Embarked for England from Malta on 18 September 1915 aboard HS Oxfordshire.
24 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion, From 8th Battalion
27 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , In France
9 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 435, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William Hans Olsen and Margaret Jane Greenwood formerly Olsen nee Moore of Bowen Vale, Maryborough, Victoria.

On 20 January 1917 Arthur married Ethel Muriel O'Kinnes, of Little Road, Fulham Cross, London, England, in St. Augustines Church, Fulham, London, England. E. Fowning Pollock officiated.

Commenced return to Australia on 24 January 1919 aboard HT Delta disembarking on 10 March 1919

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

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