John Robert OLSEN

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Service Number:	966
Enlisted:	21 March 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	39th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Warragul, Victoria, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Warragul, Baw Baw, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Groom
Died:	Warragul, Victoria, Australia, 8 May 1972, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Warragul Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Plot COE, Row W, Grave 160. Commemorated in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:	Warragul Great European War Roll of Honor

21 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 966, 39th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
27 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 966, 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, 966, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
1 Jun 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 966, 39th Infantry Battalion, Accidental. Slight wound to the chest
24 Jun 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 966, 39th Infantry Battalion, Gassed.
22 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 966, 39th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to effort syndrome

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Son of John Robert Olsen and Florence Emily Olsen nee of Ohare of Afflick Street, Warragul, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 8 November 1918 aboard HT Gaika disembarking on 29 December 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1926c John married Mary Therese Reynolds in Victoria