OHLSON, Thomas Oscar
| Service Number: | 5160 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Plenty, Tasmania, Australia, 20 October 1896 |
| Home Town: | Alonnah, Kingborough, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Alonnah State School, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in action, Mouquet Farm, France, 4 September 1916, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bruny Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5160, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 29 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 5160, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 29 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 5160, 12th Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Private Thomas Oscar Ohlson was one of two sons of Olaf and Hilda Ohlson, of Adventure Bay, Bruny Island, who died during WW1. He was actually born Thomas Gustof Ohlson but served as Thomas Ohlson. His dad had been born in Sweden and came out to Tasmania in 1885.
Private Thomas Ohlson joined the 52nd Battalion in France at 20 years of age, during 1916, only a fortnight before he was reported missing in action on 4 September 1916. Private Jack O’Neill reported Private Ohlson was killed at Mouquet Farm on 4 September 1916 “a shell caused the casualty”. Ohlson’s remains were never found.
His brother, 92 Pte. Olaf Ernest Ohlson, later died of wounds in France on 26 February 1917, aged 22.
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