Douglas Gordon OLSSON

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Service Number:	SX2243
Enlisted:	1 April 1940, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/3rd Field Regiment
Born:	Rose Park, South Australia, Australia, 17 October 1921
Home Town:	Prospect, Prospect, South Australia
Schooling:	Prospect Primary School, Nailsworth High School
Occupation:	Grocer’s Assistant, Plasterer
Died:	Natural Causes, Prospect, South Australia, Australia, 5 July 1987, aged 65 years
Cemetery:	Dudley Park Cemetery, South Australia Memorial ID - 202081210
Memorials:

1 Apr 1940:	Involvement Gunner, SX2243
1 Apr 1940:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
1 Apr 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX2243
13 May 1941:	Wounded Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX2243, 2nd/3rd Field Regiment, "Operation Lustre" Greece 1941, Records held by the NAA, Military Service Records - A.I.F. inform us that Army Private - Douglas Gordon Olsson - Gunner, served with the 2/3 Field Regiment and embarked to the Middle East for service in Greece/Crete on 31 March 1941 and returned to the Middle East during May 1941. Private Olsson - suffered a Gunshot Wound to the Left Shoulder.
9 Dec 1944:	Discharged
9 Dec 1944:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX2243

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