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Frederick Neil OLSSON

Regimental number59349
Place of birthMelbourne, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressNorth Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation31
Height5' 6"
Weight148 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs A. Olsson, Sibthorpe Terrace, London Road, Mitcham, Surrey, England
Previous military serviceAustralian Field Artillery (6 months)
Enlistment date15 May 1918
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameNew South Wales Reinforcement 12
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/111/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 17 July 1918
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll18th Battalion
FateDied of disease 11 October 1918
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialSutton Veny (St. John) Churchyard, Wiltshire
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
185
Family/military connectionsPrevious period of service, see 22267 Frederick Neil OLSSON
Other details

War service: England.

Embarked Sydney, 17 July 1918, and promoted Voyage Only Corporal the same day; admitted to Ship's Hospital, 31 July 1918 (bruises); discharged, 1 August 1918; discharged from Ship's Hospital, 5 August 1918 (pediculi pubis); admitted to Ship's Hospital, 11 August 1918 (scabies); discharged, 13 August 1918; disembarked, London, England, 27 September 1918, and reverts to the rank of Private the same day.

Died, Sutton Veny Military Hospital, 11 October 1918.

Buried St John the Evangelist Cemetery, Sutton Veny, 14 October 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, OLSSON Frederick Neil

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