Oscar Stanbury OLSSON

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Service Number:	547
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Nowra, New South Wales, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Nowra, Shoalhaven Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motor Driver
Died:	Tuberucolois, Kyogle, New South Wales, Australia, 17 July 1919
Cemetery:	Kyogle Cemetery, New South Wales
Memorials:	Kyogle Methodist WW1 Roll of Honor, Nowra Soldiers Memorial

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 547, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 547, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 547, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney
7 Jan 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 547, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to tuberculosis

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Son of John A. Olsson and Mary Olsson of Nowra, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 15 August 1915 aboard HT Themistocles disembarking on 9 September 1919

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal