OHLSON, Olof Ernest
| Service Number: | 92 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 March 1916, An original member of the MG Section 40th Bn. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Plenty, Tasmania, Australia, 3 January 1895 |
| Home Town: | Alonnah, Kingborough, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Alonnah State School, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 26 February 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery Plot VIII, Row B, Grave No. 172. HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE |
| Memorials: | Adventure Bay State School HR, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bruny Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 92, 40th Infantry Battalion, An original member of the MG Section 40th Bn. | |
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| 1 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 92, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 92, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Private Olof Ernest Ohlson was one of two sons of Olaf and Hilda Ohlson, of Adventure Bay, Bruny Island, who died during WW1. His dad had been born in Sweden and came out to Tasmania in 1885.
Private Ohlson embarked from Hobart on 1 July 1916. He was 6-foot 1-inch in height and weighed well over 12 stone so he was a large man for the time. He contracted influenza on 29 August 1916 and was admitted to Fargo Military Hospital. He proceeded overseas on 24 January 1917 and was wounded in action only six days, on 30 January 1917, with a gunshot wound in the foot. Although he was moved to a hospital in Boulogne within a few days, he was reported as dangerously ill and died on 26 February 1917.
Private Ohlson’s brother, Thomas, was killed in action at Mouquet Farm, in France during September 1916.
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