Hugo Wilhelm OLSON

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Service Number:	910
Enlisted:	12 April 1915, Enlisted at Boulder, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Fredshwin, Norway, 19 July 1893
Home Town:	Boulder, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Groom
Died:	Wilson, Western Australia, 9 May 1985, aged 91 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Roman Catholic, Garden 2, Site 0071
Memorials:	Boulder Roll of Honor

12 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 910, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Boulder, WA
29 Jun 1915:	Involvement Driver, 910, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked Driver, 910, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle
3 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 910, 28th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District

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Hugo arrived in Australia on 29 July 1899 aboard SS Omrah disembarking at Albany, WA taking the Oath of Allegiance on 5 August 1914 at Boulder, WA

Son of Charles (Emil) Olson and Josephine Olson nee Andersen of North Street, Boulder, WA.

Commenced return to Australia on 28 February 1919 aboard HT Anchises disembarking on 7 April 1919

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

During 1923c Hugo married Olive Mytle Bartle in Kalgorlie, WA