PEDERSEN, Laurits Christian
| Service Number: | 1976 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 February 1916, Enlisted at Bathurst, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Odense, Denmark, 1875 |
| Home Town: | Ultimo, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 8 January 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Heilly Station Cemetery Plot V, Row F, Grave 32 Headstone inscription reads: Forget him no we never will as years go by we love him still, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Feb 1916: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 1976, 45th Infantry Battalion , Enlisted at Bathurst, NSW | |
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| 22 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 1976, 45th Infantry Battalion , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 1976, 45th Infantry Battalion , HMAT Warilda, Sydney | |
| 7 Jan 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, 1976, 45th Infantry Battalion , Gunshot wounds to the back |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Kristian Pedersen and Maren Pedersen; husband of Herta Amelia Pedersen of 31 McArthur Street, Ultimo, NSW later of 52 Dougals Street, Redfern, NSW
Father of Laurits Carl Emil Pedersen, Agnes Marie Eliz Pdersen and May Emilie Pedersen
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Aubrey Bairstow
Laurits Christian Pedersen was born in Odense, Denmark in 1875. There is some possibility that he may have had service in the Danish military before emigrating to Australia. He stated that he was a coal labourer, aged 41 years when he enlisted in February 1916.
He left Sydney in May 1916 and arrived in England in July of that year. The 45th entered France in September. Laurits’ war was brief. He was shot in the back on 7 January 1917 and died the following day.
He left 3 children and a widow in Ultimo, Sydney and was one of a small number of Danes in the AIF. He was buried at Heilly Station Cemetery Plot V, Row F, Grave 32 . Headstone inscription reads “ Forget him no we never will as years go by we love him still “
Sadly his medals were being sold individually on Facebook marketplace in 2023. I managed to purchase both.