OSTERLUND, Axel Robert
| Service Number: | 565 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 March 1916, Enlisted at Cairns, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Sundswall, Sweden, 1874 |
| Home Town: | Cairns, Cairns, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engine Driver |
| Died: | Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 10 April 1924, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Cairns (General) Cemetery, Queensland Monumental East Side, Row Z. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 565, 12th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Cairns, QLD | |
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| 23 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 565, 12th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 23 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 565, 12th Machine Gun Company, RMS Orontes, Melbourne | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 565, 12th Machine Gun Company, Wounds to the head and right leg. Embarked for England on 17 July 1917 aboard HS St. David. | |
| 17 Jan 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 565, 12th Machine Gun Company, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to wounding |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Peter Leonard Osterlund and Margaret Osterlund nee Tounquist of Sundswall, Sweden.
Husband of Ellen Mary Osterlund nee Thompson of Lake Street, Cairns, QLD. Axel and Ellenn married on 7 October 1903 in QLD.
During 1908 Axel had served with the Naval Reserves fot four months.
Commenced return to Australia on 18 October 1917 aboard HT Beltana disembarking on 10 December 1917 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Pre and post war Axel was employed with Howard Smith Ltd. of Cairns, QLD an industrial company originally set up as a shipping company but later expanded to including coal mining.
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