OLSEN, Charles
| Service Number: | 1398 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 December 1914, Oaklands, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Copenhagen, Denmark, 24 October 1881 |
| Home Town: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner/Sailor |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 19 May 1915, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Plot III, Row D, Grave 22. Also panel 60 at the AWM, Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Broken Hill Barrier District Roll of Honour, Broken Hill War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1398, Oaklands, South Australia | |
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| 2 Feb 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 1398, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' |
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| 2 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1398, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1398, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 19 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1398, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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He arrived in Australia on 17 February 1912, from Denmark, travelling to Australia on board
American transport, disembarked into Bunbury, Western Australia.
He lived in Bunbury, Western Australia for 13 months;
then in Broken Hill, New South Wales for 18 months, prior to enlisting.
Last lived with friend - Robert Dyer, Oxide Street, Broken Hill, New South Wales.
11/9/1914 Applied for Certificate of Naturalisation (Australia).
Described on enlisting as 33 years 1 month old; single; 5' 5 1/2" tall; 150 lbs; fair complexion;
blue eyes; fair hair; Church of England; tattoo of dancing girl on right forearm.
2/12/1914 Enlisted at Oaklands Park, South Australia
Commanding Officer appointed Charles to 2nd reinforcements, 10th Infantry
Battalion at Morphettville Camp
2/2/1915 Embarked from Port of Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT Clan McGillivray A46
as a Private in 2nd reinforcements, 10th Infantry Battalion
2/3/1915 Embarked on board Ionian to join Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli
19/5/1915 Killed in action at the Dardanelles, Gallipoli
buried in: Divisional Cemetery, Shrapnel Gully
(with his comrades who had fallen on the 19/5/1915)
in a small unit plot illustrated in the main photograph.
buried by: Chaplain J C McPhee
later buried in: Shrapnel Valley Cemetery
Plot III, Row D, Grave 22
Medals:
1914-15 Star (4311); British War medal (7938); Victory medal (7900);
Memorial Plaque and Memorial Scroll (305922).
May 1922 - Danish Consul General London stated:
"A Mr Martin Johan Ludvig OLSEN, of Engveg 8, Korsor
lodged an application in respect of Charles' estate.
Martin Olsen stated that he had a brother - Jorgen Peter Olsen,
known as Charles Olsen, born on 13/6/1866 in Korsor, left Denmark
26 years ago and had not been heard of since."
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 21/2/2015. Lest we forget.
His personal effects were returned to AIF Base Records Melbourne 1920, awaiting a claimant.
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