Thomas Melby OLSEN

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Service Number:	2250
Enlisted:	28 November 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
Born:	Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Port Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 4 December 1930, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton Presbyterian Compartment, Row Q, Grave 38. Grave is unmarked
Memorials:

28 Nov 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2250, Camel Corps, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
6 Feb 1917:	Involvement Private, 2250, Camel Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Karmala embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
6 Feb 1917:	Embarked Private, 2250, Camel Corps, RMS Karmala, Melbourne
2 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 4th Light Horse Regiment, From Training Regiment
18 Jul 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
21 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 2250, 4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to bronchitis

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Son of Ole Olsen and Mary Olsen nee McCallum of Stokes Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 16 March 1919 aboard HT Euripides disembarking on 25 April 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal