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Glen George Olsen

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Ex Officers' Book, 14th Brigade

Captain G G Olsen

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Glen George AWMM
  • Surname
    Olsen AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 23848 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    22 May 1915 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    22nd May, 1915 Public - Dale - Researcher - 8 November 2017 - Officers' Book, 14th Brigade, N.Z.E.F.I.P.
  • Place of birth
    Thames, New Zealand Public - Dale - Researcher - 8 November 2017 - Officers' Book, 14th Brigade, N.Z.E.F.I.P.
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • WW2 Pre 1941 AWMM Whitianga AWMM
    • WW2 Pre 1942 AWMM Whitianga AWMM
    • WW2 Pre 1945 AWMM Whitianga AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mrs. W.F. Olsen, 33 Roberts Rd., Lansdowne, Masterton (w) AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs. W.F. Olsen, c/o Mrs. W. Thomson, Salisbury St., Ashhurst (w) AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs. W.F. Olsen, Nga Totara, Railway Rd., Masterton (w) AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 23848 AWMM
  • Military service
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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

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Death

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  • Date of death
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Sources

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    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.269 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.301 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 15 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1945 to 31st December, 1945). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.107 AWMM

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12 November 2017DaleAucklandResearcher

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