Svere Alsfons OLSEN

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OLSEN, Svere Alsfons

Service Number:	517
Enlisted:	10 December 1915, Enlisted at Newcastle, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	53rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Christiana, Norway, 1888
Home Town:	Weston, Cessnock, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Canberra Community Hospital, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, 15 July 1936, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woden (Canberra) Public Cemetery, ACT Plot reference. H-EX-A Grave 1963. Interred on 16 July 1936. Under the name of Alfred Olsen
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

10 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 517, 35th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Newcastle, NSW
1 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 517, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
1 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 517, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney
9 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 17th Infantry Battalion, From 35th Battalion
9 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion, From 17th Battalion
14 Mar 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 517, 53rd Infantry Battalion
20 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 517, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the left leg. Invalided to England on 2 October 1918
4 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 517, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Maurice Olsen of Tammergarden, Christiana, Norway.

Also known as Alfred Olsen.

Prior to coming to Australia Svere had served in the Norwegian Infantry for three years.

Commenced return to Australia on 21 December 1918 aboard SS Mamari disembarking on 14 February 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal. As he died intestate and his next of kin could not be traced his medals were returned to Department of Defence

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