Soldier profiles
Name : OLSON, ALLAN JAMES
Service Number : SX21748 (S24293)
Date of Birth : 09/07/1921
Place of Birth : ADELAIDE, SA
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : JEWELLER (ADELAIDE)
Date of Enlistment : UNKNOWN
Locality on Enlistment : BROOKLYN PARK, SA
Place of Enlistment : DARWIN, NT
Next of Kin : OLSON, ESTELLE
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : LIEUTENANT
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : 14 PLATOON C COMPANY (DAEO, MOROTAI)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) : APPOINTED LIEUTENANT (2/2 PIONEERS) AUGUST 1943
Theatres of War : BORNEO
Actions : TARAKAN (BORNEO), BALIKPAPAN (BORNEO)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 22/01/1946
Date Died : 16/04/2011
Age at Death : 89
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : CENTENNIAL PARK CEMETERY, PASADENA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA. LOCATION WEST. ROSE BED W63. POSITION 141.
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6406983 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, AWM_090595.jpg, A_OLSEN_1.jpg, AUSTRALIA REMEMBERS BORNEO PILGRIMAGE 1995 PAGE 20-21
Background : Served with a Militia unit and took the Lieutenant's course. 1941 Enlisted and allocated to 2/43 Battalion. August 1943 Appointed Lieutenant and allocated to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion. Qualified in bomb disposal at Canungra, Queensland. June 1944 Embarked for Morotai, Borneo on U.S.A.T. Sea Barb for service on Tarakan and Balikpapan. January 1946 Returned to Australia after serving on Ambon with R.A.A.F. Last abode Netherby, South Australia. Cremated. Interred 23/09/2011.
