Henry Edward OLSEN

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Service Number:	3880
Enlisted:	27 September 1915, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Exeter, South Australia, 1 May 1898
Home Town:	Exeter, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Adelaide, South Australia, 14 May 1967, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Derrick Gardens, Path 40, Grave 381A. Interred on 17 May 1967
Memorials:

27 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3880, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
7 Feb 1916:	Involvement Private, 3880, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
7 Feb 1916:	Embarked Private, 3880, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Adelaide
8 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3880, 27th Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the left arm, later amputated and left leg. Invalided to England on 12 August 1918
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Corporal, 3880, 27th Infantry Battalion
8 Mar 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3880, 27th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of Edward Andrew Olsen and Edith Alice Olsen nee Buckingham of Mead Street, Exeter, SA.

Commenced return to Australia on 20 November 1918 aboard HT Suevic disembarking on 5 January 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Adelaide

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 16 January 1926 Henry married Doris May Trinnie in the Methodist Church, Exeter, SA