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Christian Olsen

In memory of:

Private Christian Olsen

August 20, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

781760

Age:

36

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)

Division:

28th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

December 11, 1881

Son of Hans Olsen and Karin Marie Nielsen, his wife, of 0lby, Hojelse, Sogn, Denmark.

Commemorated on Page 480 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

VII. AA. 9.

Location:

Villers-Bretonneux is a village 16 kilometres east of Amiens on the straight main road to St Quentin. The Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery is about 2 kilometres north of the village on the east side of the road to Fouilloy.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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