Andrew OLSEN

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Service Number:	12311
Enlisted:	20 November 1915, Place of Enlistment, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia.
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	11th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, 15 December 1894
Home Town:	Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Moulder
Died:	Natural Causes , Perth, Western Australia. , 25 May 1968, aged 73 years
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Anglican Zs, Site No 0198.
Memorials:	Kalgoorlie Boulder 84th Infantry Goldfields Regiment Roll of Honour, Kalgoorlie Central School Honour Roll

20 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 12311, 2nd Field Artillery Battery, Place of Enlistment, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia.
28 Jan 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 12311, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
28 Jan 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 12311, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
18 May 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Driver
23 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Drummer, 4th Division Artillery
8 May 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, Temporary Bombardier.
18 Nov 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 11th Field Artillery Brigade
24 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 12311, 11th Field Artillery Brigade

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