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JORGENSEN, Francis Patrick
Personal Details
Service Number: | SX5570 |
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Enlisted: | 17 June 1940, Adelaide, SA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Rosewater, South Australia, 15 June 1918 |
Home Town: | Largs Bay, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | died of wounds, Palestine, 11 September 1942, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
Gaza War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza) Plot C, Row A, Grave 16 Headstone inscription reads: Every day we remember him. R.I.P. |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, SX5570 | |
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17 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
11 Sep 1942: | Involvement Private, SX5570, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Bernard Lund Jorgensen and Annie Maria (nee Johnson) Jorgensen of Largs Bay, SA; brother of John Dominic Jorgensen, Robert Whickham Jorgensen, Mary Veronica Jorgensen, Ann Carmel Jorgensen, Kathleen Mona Jorgensen and George Leonard Andes Jorgensen.
George also served in WW2