Percy Edwin JORGENSEN

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JORGENSEN, Percy Edwin

Service Number:	6763
Enlisted:	8 September 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Fernbank Victoria, Australia, September 1891
Home Town:	Fernbank, East Gippsland, Victoria
Schooling:	Stirling and Fernbank State School, Victoria
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Pneumonia, Fargo Military Hospital, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, 16 January 1917
Cemetery:	Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire Grave No. 155
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fernbank & District Boys Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

8 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6763, 5th Infantry Battalion
25 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6763, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6763, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 25 and the son of H. C. and Kathleen Hannah Jorgensen, of Fernbank, Bairnsdale, Victoria.

Biography contributed by Evan Evans

The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK

Died on this date - 16th January........Private Percy Edwin Jorgensen was born around 1892 at Fernbank, Victoria. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 8th September, 1916 as a 25 year old Farmer from Fernbank.

Private Jorgensen arrived in England on 28th December, 1916 for further training before being sent to the War Front. He was sent sick to Fargo Military Hospital, Wiltshire on 16th January, 1917 from 2nd Training Battalion, No. 5 & 6 Camps at Durrington.

Private Percy Edwin Jorgensen died at 11.45 p.m. on 16th January, 1917 at Fargo Military Hospital, Wiltshire from Pneumonia. He was buried in Durrington Cemetery where 140 other WW1 Australian Soldiers are buried.
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