Aubrey Donald PEDERSEN

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PEDERSEN, Aubrey Donald

Service Number:	4201
Enlisted:	16 September 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	25th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland
Schooling:	Rockhampton State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Fireman
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 29 July 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gracemere Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

16 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4201, 25th Infantry Battalion
28 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4201, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
28 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4201, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Brisbane

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Biography contributed by Peter Rankin

He served under the alias of Aubrey Donald Petersen.

Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Aubrey Pedersen was the son of Christian and Carolina Amelia Pedersen, of Paddington, Queensland, and raised in Rockhampton. His brother 142 Pte. Hans Henry Pedersen 26th Battalion AIF was wounded in action the same day and evacuated to England. Hans was eventually captured by the Germans at Lagnicourt in 1917 and died of pneumonia as a prisoner of war on the 31 October 1918, aged 29. Their father was born in Denmark and had to sign documents stating their true surname was Pedersen.

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