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Norman Selby Olson

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Norman Selby AWMM
  • Surname
    Olson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 41871 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    11 October 1888 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Petone, Wellington Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    C.M. Olson (father), Te Oreore, Masterton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 41871 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Carpenter/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 7.5" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      133 lb AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Norman Olson was the son of Carl Magnus Olson and Ingere Olson, of Masterton, New Zealand. Native of Petone, Wellington.

    Embarked Wellington, 4 April 1917; returned to Wellington, 7 April 1917; re-embarked, 26 April 1917; disembarked Sydney, 2 May 1917; re-embarked Sydney, 9 May 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 28 July 1916, and marched in to Sling Camp.
    Proceeded overseas to France, 14 September 1917; joined 4th Bn, NZ Rifle Brigade, 8 October 1917, and posted to B Company.
    Reported missing, 12 October 1917.
    Now, 17 November 1917, reported 'Killed in action, 12 October 1917'.

    Parents: Carl Magnus Olson and Ingere Olson, Masterton

    Father b. Sweden; mother b. Norway. AWMM
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    12 October 1917 AWMM
    Age 29 AWMM
    Ypres, Belgium AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM

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