JORGENSEN, Percy Edwin
Service Number: | 6763 |
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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 | |
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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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Add my storyBiography 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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