John Thomas OLDS

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Service Number:	13410
Enlisted:	22 August 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	Australian Motor Transport Company
Born:	Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 19 July 1892
Home Town:	Gympie, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Engine Driver
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 5 February 1969, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium 12 Section 3
Memorials:	Tewantin War Memorial

22 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 13410, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Auxiliary Transport Companies, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
22 Dec 1916:	Involvement Driver, 13410, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Auxiliary Transport Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1916:	Embarked Driver, 13410, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Auxiliary Transport Companies, HMAT Persic, Melbourne
2 Jan 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 13410, Australian Motor Transport Company, Discharged at the st Military District

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Son of William Olds and Mary Elizabeth Olds nee Holm of Monkland, Gympie, QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 25 September 1919 aboard HT Port Denison disembarking on 17 November 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 23 August 1924 John married Stella Beatrice Wilkins in QLD

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