Frederick OLSEN

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Service Number:	995
Enlisted:	16 September 1914, Enlisted at Enoggera, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 1876
Home Town:	Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 13 August 1945, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld ANZAC-7-86-56. May be unmarked
Memorials:

16 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 995, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Enoggera, QLD
24 Sep 1914:	Involvement Private, 995, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: ''
24 Sep 1914:	Embarked Private, 995, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane
4 Apr 1915:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 995, 9th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to chronic orchitis

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Son of Peter Olsen and Rachel Olsen nee Sanderson of Brisbane, QLD.

Husband of Elizabeth Ann Olsen nee Dart of Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba, QLD. Frederick and Elizabeth married on 10 April 1897 in QLD,

Commenced return to Australia on 3 February 1915 aboard HS Kyarra disembarking on 11 March 1915 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

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