Severin OLSEN

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OLSEN, Severin

Service Number:	7572
Enlisted:	10 March 1917, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	42nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Aalborg, Denmark , 1881
Home Town:	Mount Carbine, Tablelands, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland Australia, 19 October 1970, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Gravatt Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane
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World War 1 Service

10 Mar 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7572, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland.
14 Jun 1917:	Involvement Private, 7572, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
14 Jun 1917:	Embarked Private, 7572, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Hororata, Sydney
4 Dec 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 42nd Infantry Battalion
1 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7572, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Wounds to both legs. Embarking for England on 4 April 1918 aboard HS Cambria
16 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7572, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Next of kin given as his sister Neta Olsen of Aalborg, Denmark.

Severin arrived from Glasgow, Scotland during June 1901 aboard the Loch Ness disembarking at Port Adelaide, SA then living at Tarlee, SA and Maryborough, QLD and living in Cook Islands for five years.

On 18 February 1916 he applied for naturalisation at Townsville, QLD. On 1 July 1916 Severin took the Oath of Allegiance in Cooktown, QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 22 December 1918 aboard HT Bakara disembarking on 14 February 1919 at Melbourne then onward travel to Brisbane by boat

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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