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OLSEN, James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 876 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 February 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron |
| Born: | Nagambie, Victoria, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Dubbo, Dubbo Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | New South Wales, Australia, 19 May 1979, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Wongarbon War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 876, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 7 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 876, 12th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Chilka embarkation_ship_number: A51 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 876, 12th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Chilka, Sydney | |
| 24 Aug 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, From 12th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 28 Feb 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron | |
| 26 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 876, 4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to malaria |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Lauritz Olsen and Mary Ann Olsen nee Hyatt of Dubbo, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 26 December 1918 aboard HT Somali disembarking on 10 February 1919
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal