Axel Alexander OLIN MM

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Service Number:	551
Enlisted:	18 March 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	39th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Aho, Finland, Russia, 1877
Home Town:	Murrumbeena, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling:	State School, Victoria, Australia.
Occupation:	Seaman
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 21 February 1918
Cemetery:	Berks Cemetery Extension Plot II, Row A, Grave 23. Rev. O.C. Esperson officiated. Headstone inscription reads: Ever remembered
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

18 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 551, 39th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
27 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 551, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
27 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 551, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
20 Oct 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, Citation reads: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in action East of Ypres on 12th October 1917. This N.C.O. did magnificent work in searching for and bringing in wounded at considerable risk to himself, the Area being swept by enemy shell and machine gun fire. He set a fine example of courage and cheerfulness which had a beneficial effect on the men he was leading. London Gazette on 4 February 1918, page 1619, position 57. Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 27 June 1918, page 1393, position 155
21 Feb 1918:	Involvement Sergeant, 551, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 551 awm_unit: 39th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-02-21

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Son of Gustav Olin and Anna Olin of Finland.

Next of kin given as John Olin (known as John Brown) of Toward Street, Murumbeena, Victoria.

Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal