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VICTORSEN, Talbot George
| Service Number: | 41 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 December 1914, Enlisted at Oaklands, SA |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 1st Motor Transport Company |
| Born: | Clare, South Australia, 9 January 1886 |
| Home Town: | Clare, Clare and Gilbert Valleys, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Storekeeper |
| Died: | Daw Park, South Australia, 23 May 1966, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia RSL Walls, Wall 134, Niche G013. Interred on 13 September 1966 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Grand Masonic Lodge WW1 Honour Board (2) |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 41, Army Medical Corps (AIF), Enlisted at Oaklands, SA | |
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| 13 Apr 1915: | Involvement Driver, 41, Motor Drivers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Apr 1915: | Embarked Driver, 41, Motor Drivers, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney | |
| 19 Aug 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 1st Motor Transport Company, In France | |
| 25 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 41, 1st Motor Transport Company, Wound to the arm. Invalided to England on 27 August 1918 | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Driver, 41 | |
| 18 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 41, 1st Motor Transport Company, Discharged at the 4th Military District | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 41 | |
| Date unknown: | Embarked Driver, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Driver, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: '' embarkation_ship: '' embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Louis Victorsen and Catherine Victorsen nee Solomon of Clare, SA.
Brother of Louis Charles Victorsen who returned to Australia on 29 August 1919 having served with the 5th Pioneer Battalion and Albert Joseph Victorsen who returned to Australia on 19 June 1916 having served with the 3rd Field Company Engineers
Commenced return to Australia on 2 January 1919 aboard HT Berrima disembarking on 15 February 1919
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
On 25 September 1926 Talbot married Vera Emily Clara Schroeder in the Methodist Church, Pirie Street, Adelaide
Residential address at the time of death was given as Seaton Park, SA.