Rudolph (Roy) OLSEN

Rudolph (Roy) OLSEN Update Details

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Service Number:	4269
Enlisted:	17 September 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Flekkefjord, Norway, 1869
Home Town:	Geraldton, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Sailor
Died:	Geraldton, Western Australia, 30 September 1941, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Geraldton Cemetery, Western Australia Anglican Section, Row 13, Grave 18. Marker 728
Memorials:

17 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4269, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
17 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 4269, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
17 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 4269, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Fremantle
30 May 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4269, 11th Infantry Battalion
2 May 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4269, 11th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to knee injury and over age (46 years)

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Year of birth on the headstone is given as 1869

Next of kin given as his brother Ludwig Olsen C/- C Nelson, Marine Terrace, Geraldton, WA

Commenced return to Australia on 17 October 1916 aboard HT Ajana disembarking on 8 December 1916

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal