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Thomas OLSEN

Regimental number5175
Place of birthLiverpool England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPainter
AddressGlad Crescent, Collie, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation35
Next of kinWife, Mrs L Olsen, Glad Crescent, Collie, Western Australia
Enlistment date10 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 31 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 16 March 1917
Age at death from cemetery records37
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery Extension (BLock O, Plot VII, Row H, Grave No. 7), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
63
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Hans Peter and Charlotte OLSEN; husband of Lucy OLSEN, Gladstone Crescent, Collie, Western Australia. Native of Liverpool, England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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