Frederick Richard Steven OLSEN

OLSEN, Frederick Richard Steven

    Service Number: 3898
    Enlisted: 29 January 1917, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 4th Pioneer Battalion
    Born: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 3 March 1898
    Home Town: Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Carter
    Died: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 1971, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales
    Zone E, Section NNNN, Grave 1211
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    World War 1 Service

    29 Jan 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3898, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
    13 Jun 1917: Involvement Private, 3898, 4th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
    13 Jun 1917: Embarked Private, 3898, 4th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
    10 Aug 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3898, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Remained on duty
    21 Mar 1920: Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3898, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Frederick Saunderson Olsen and Elizabeth Ann Olsen nee Dart of Stanley Street, Woolloongabba, QLD.

    On 15 May 1919 Frederick married Matilda Dolan in the Holborn Registry Office, Holborn, London, England. Frederick H. Shapcott, Registrar officiated.

    Commenced return to Australia on 22 December 1919 aboard HT Themistocles disembarking on 9 February 1920 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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