OLSON, Carl Gustav
| Service Number: | 1357 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 November 1914, Enlisted at Oaklands, SA |
| Last Rank: | Shoeing-Smith |
| Last Unit: | 10th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Port Pirie, South Australia, 7 December 1886 |
| Home Town: | Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Shoesmith |
| Died: | Daw Park, South Australia, 14 May 1969, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Acacia E, Path 38, Grave 614B. Interred on 15 May 1969 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1357, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Oaklands, SA | |
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| 15 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1357, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Adelaide | |
| 15 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1357, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Jul 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1357, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wound to the shoulder and hand. Embarked at Malta for England on 26 August 1915 | |
| 1 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 13 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 24th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, From 52nd Battalion, at Tel-el-Kebir | |
| 25 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , From 24th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 21 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith, 1357, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 4th Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Peter Olson and Laura Olson nee Maetze of Hahndorf, SA.
Served his smithing apprenticeship with A.H. Gooding and later with M. Ryan both of Port Pirie, SA
Address at the time of enlistment was given as H.C. Francis of Robert Street, Port Pirie, SA.
Husband of Lily Matilda Olson nee March of Meninge West, SA formerly on Telford Road, Redbourne, Cheney, Wiltshire, England. Carl and Lily married on 20 May 1918 in the Swindon and Nighworth Parish Church, England. Vicar Ernest R. Knapp officiated.
Commenced return to Australia on 13 May 1919 aboard the family ship HT Bremen disembarking on 23 July 1919
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal