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OLSSON, Lars Otto Valentine

Service Numbers:	2179, S68350
Enlisted:	11 September 1915, Enlisted - Adelaide South Australia - 1915.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	Landskrona, Sweden, 4 July 1887
Home Town:	Prospect, Prospect, South Australia
Schooling:	Landskrona School, Sweden
Occupation:	Munitions Worker and Labourer
Died:	Cancer, Adelaide, South Australia., 10 March 1973, aged 85 years
Cemetery:	Dudley Park Cemetery, South Australia Memorial ID -
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World War 1 Service

11 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2179, Depot Battalion , Enlisted - Adelaide South Australia - 1915.
20 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Depot Battalion, After enlistment, Private Olsson was placed for training with the 2nd Depot Battalion at Morphettville, SA.
16 Oct 1915:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), 16th October 1915 to 1st December 1915 – Private Olsson, SN - 2179, was transferred to the 1st Depot Battalion, then the 14th Reinforcement/16th Infantry Battalion until the 15th of January 1916.
16 Jan 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 32nd Infantry Battalion, 16th January 1916 - Private Olsson, SN - 2179 was transferred to the 3rd Reinforcements of the 32nd Infantry Battalion, A.I.F.
7 Feb 1916:	Involvement Private, 2179, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
7 Feb 1916:	Embarked Private, 2179, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Adelaide
2 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 48th Infantry Battalion, Private Olsson, SN - 2179 was transferred from the 32nd Infantry Battalion to the 48th Battalion.

World War 2 Service

8 Apr 1942:	Involvement Private, S68350, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
8 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, S68350
8 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
20 Sep 1945:	Discharged

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