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Name	Nikolai Theodor Svensen
Born	27 September, 1879 Larvik, Norway
Died	1966 (aged ~ 86)
Cultural Heritage	Norwegian Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Svensen, Katherine (wife) Svensen, Lillian (wife) Cahill, Mary (mother-in-law) Cahill, Caroline Mary (sister-in-law) Cahill, Edward John (brother-in-law) Moran, Edward Lancaster (brother-in-law) Cahill, William Patrick (brother-in-law)
Education *	Central State School (Wynnum, Qld) (student)
Occupation or Descriptor *	army officer (1914-1916) Australia
Military Service *	Boer War (1899-1902) World War I (1914-1916) Queensland Mounted Infantry 15th Battalion (1914-1916) Dardanelles campaign, 1915-16 (1915-1916)
Awards	Queen's Medal

* Dates are approximate

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