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Bert Olsen

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  • Service number
    WWI 9/2260 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • Bertie AWMM
    • Bernard AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Portrait of Trooper Bert Olsen, of Makaraka. Wounded. Auckland Weekly News, 24 May 1917. Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, AWNS-19170524-41-40. Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Trooper Bert Olsen, of Makaraka. Wounded. Auckland Weekly News, 24 May 1917. Sir George …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Bert AWMM
  • Surname
    Olsen AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Bertie AWMM
    • Bernard AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 9/2260 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    4 February 1883 AWMM Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
    24th October 1888 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 January 2024 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 January 2024 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    Son of Arne & Ellen OLSEN Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 January 2024 - Military Record
  • Address before enlistment
    Ormond, Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 January 2024 - Military Record
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs Anna Olsen (mother), Makaraka, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Single Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 January 2024 - Military Record

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 9/2260 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 Stable hand/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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
    25 July 1972 AWMM
    Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
    72yrs Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 January 2024 - Gisborne Cemetery Records
  • Place of death
    Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 January 2024 - Gisborne Cemetery Records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Taruheru Cemetery, Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 January 2024 - Gisborne Cemetery Records
  • Grave reference
    Block: RSA, Plot 658 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 January 2024 - Gisborne Cemetery Records
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  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R21382322
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      26: 6 AWMM
    • New Zealand. Army (c.1920). A further list of the names of ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100% : compiled from returns supplied by the Commissioner of Pensions, in respect to: a) Permanent war pensions; and from returns supplied by the Director-General of Medical Services, regarding: b) discharged hospital patients; assessed as suffering permanent disability, and who are whilst in hospital, receiving full pensions. New Zealand. Director-General of Medical Services. AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      vol.3, p.312 AWMM

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22 January 2024Lorraine Mona GisborneResearcher
18 October 2016AllanRotoruaResearcher

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