Reuben Daniel OLSSON

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Service Number:	7515
Enlisted:	23 November 1916, Enlisted at Armidale, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	34th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Blayney, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Ebor, Guyra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bank Accountant
Died:	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, 26 October 1967, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Zone C, Lawn 1, Grave 776
Memorials:	Ebor & Guy Fawkes District War Memorial

23 Nov 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7515, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Armidale, NSW
10 May 1917:	Involvement Private, 7515, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
10 May 1917:	Embarked Private, 7515, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney
24 Dec 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 34th Infantry Battalion, From 13th Battalion
20 Jul 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7515, 34th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left forearm. Invalided to England on 26 July 1918
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Private, 7515, 34th Infantry Battalion
12 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7515, 34th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Emil Joachim Olsson and Rebecca Maria Olsson of Blayney, NSW formerly of South Granville, NSW.

Brother of Emil Samuel Neil Olsson who returned to Australia on 27 July1919 having served with the 7th Light Horse Regiment

Next of kin given as his foster mother Nellie Agnes Waugh of Cloverlea, Ebor, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 5 March 1919 aboard HT Nevasa disembarking on 23 April 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband of Isabel Dorothy Harvey Olsson nee Waugh. Reuben and Isabel married on 5 November 1919 in QLD