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Joseph Olsen

In memory of:

Private Joseph Olsen

April 14, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

313

Age:

19

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Newfoundland Regiment

Division:

1st Bn.

Additional Information

Son of Charles and Annie Olsen, of 87, Signal Hill Rd., St. John'S, Newfoundland.

Commemorated on Page 90 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

TANK CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

A. 16.

Location:

Guemappe is a village in the department of the Pas-de-Calais, 800 metres south-west of the straight main road from Arras to Cambrai (D33). TANK CEMETERY is about 700 metres north-west of Guemappe village, near the west side of the road from Monchy to Wancourt.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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