Arthur Henry OLSEN

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Service Number:	5311
Enlisted:	29 December 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Balmain, New South Wales, Australia, 3 September 1898
Home Town:	Rozelle, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carter
Died:	Springbank, South Australia, 15 August 1956, aged 57 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Kendrew Oval, Row 6, Grave 61. Interred on the 16th August 1956.
Memorials:

29 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5311, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
1 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 5311, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
1 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 5311, 1st Infantry Battalion, SS Makarini, Sydney
22 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5311, 1st Infantry Battalion, Wound in the chest. Transferred to England on 28 July 1916 aboard HS Jan Breydel
5 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5311, 1st Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Shell wound to the leg. Invalided to England on 15 May 1917 aboard HS Panama
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Private, 5311
26 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5311, 1st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Daniel Olsen and Annie Elizabeth Olsen nee Barge of Evan Street, Rozelle, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 20 April 1919 aboard HT Boonah disembarking on 11 June 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1924c Arthur married Ida M. Morley in Waverley, NSW.

In September 1955 Arthur was residing in Walkerville Road, St. Peters, SA

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