Arthur William Olsen

1883-1942

Unit

6th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

60414

About

Born in New Zealand

6 December 1883
Parent

Mother

Annie Olsen
Work

Occupation

Farmer

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

New Zealand Tunnellers

British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 58

16 June 1942

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 188805 W5549 99/0088382, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.69, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 39.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “Arthur William Olsen (1883-1942)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/650