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OLSEN, Leslie Theodore
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3343 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 February 1916, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia, 21 September 1894 |
| Home Town: | Marmor, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Porter |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 19 January 1979, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
North Rockhampton Cemetery, Qld Uniting Church, Section 28, Row 3, Grave 14 |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 3343, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD | |
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| 22 May 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 3343, No 4th Tunnelling Company - Headquarters No 1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 22 May 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 3343, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 22 May 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 3343, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Sydney | |
| 22 May 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 3343, No 4th Tunnelling Company - Headquarters No 1, HMAT Warilda, Sydney | |
| 29 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 3343, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 1sr Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Lauritz Tidemann Olsen and Rosina Eleanor Olsen nee Partridge of Marmor, QLD.
Commenced return to Australia 20 April 1919 aboard HT Boonah disembarked at Melbourne on 8 June 1919 then transhipped on HT Sardinia disembarking on 11 June 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
On 12 September 1921 Leslie married Veronica Isabel O'Malley in QLD