Emil Samuel Neil OLSSON

OLSSON, Emil Samuel Neil

    Service Number: 2259
    Enlisted: 6 August 1915, Enlisted at Dubbo, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 7th Light Horse Regiment
    Born: Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia, 1889
    Home Town: Granville, Parramatta, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Bank Manager
    Died: Bondi, New South Wales, Australia, 11 May 1953, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW
    Roman Catholic FM 27, Grave 428.
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    World War 1 Service

    6 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2259, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Dubbo, NSW
    11 Mar 1916: Involvement Private, 2259, 7th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
    11 Mar 1916: Embarked Private, 2259, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Orsova, Sydney
    27 Mar 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2259, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Wound to the left thigh.
    19 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2259, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Emil Joachim Olsson and Rebecca Maria Olsson of Constance Street, South Granville, NSW.

    Commenced return to Australia on 12 June 1919 aboard HT Port Darwin disembarking on 27 July 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal 

    During 1919c Emil married Florence Margaret Kenny in Randwick, NSW.

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