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OLSEN, Laurence
Personal Details
| Service Number: | WX647 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 November 1939, Northam, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Freemantle, Western Australia, 14 January 1909 |
| Home Town: | North Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Waterside worker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Crete, Crete, Greece, 20 May 1941, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
Suda Bay War Cemetery (Souda Bay) Greece |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Nabawa Upper Chapman Road Board District WW2 Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 10 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Private, WX647, Northam, Western Australia | |
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| 10 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX647, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion | |
| 30 Apr 1941: | Involvement Private, WX647, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion, "Operation Lustre" Greece 1941 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...WX647 Private Laurence Olsen, 2/11th Battalion, Australian Infantry. Private Olsen, aged 32, died while defending the island of Crete against the German land and airborne invasion on 20 May 1941. He was the son of Albert and Nora Olsen, of North Fremantle, WA. He is buried in the Suda Bay Cemetery Section 5, Row A, Plot 3..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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