Adrian Kirsgaard Viggo SORENSEN

SORENSEN, Adrian Kirsgaard Viggo

Service Number: 1637
Enlisted: 5 January 1915, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 11th Infantry Battalion
Born: Nyborg, Denmark, 9 December 1879
Home Town: Bunbury, Bunbury, Western Australia
Schooling: Government School
Occupation: Produce Merchant
Died: Died of wounds, France, 8 October 1917, aged 37 years
Cemetery: St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bunbury War Memorial, Bunbury Wesley Church World War One Memorial Windows
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World War 1 Service

5 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1637, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
22 Feb 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1637, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1,

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22 Feb 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1637, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Fremantle
7 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1637, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
17 May 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1637, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (arm)
23 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1637, 11th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
8 Oct 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1637, 11th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres,

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Biography

"News has been received of the death from wounds of Sergeant Adrian Sorensen, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Sorensen, formerly of Bunbury, but now of Havelock-street, West Perth. Sergeant Sorensen enlisted in the 11th Battalion in the earliest stages of the war, saw service at the landing, and in Egypt, being wounded at Gallipoli. He went to France with the first contingent of Australians, and went scatheless through many actions, including that of Pozieres. He was promoted to sergeant early this year, and after Pozieres was attached to the headquarters staff. Before enlisting he was a well-known business man at Bunbury, where he and his parents resided for many years, and he took an active interest in South-Western affairs.

An interesting note is that Sergeant Sorensen's father, who is living in Perth, fought against the Germans in the Danish war, resulting in the loss of Schleswig-Holstein, and his mother experienced all the horrors of Hun military methods in the same war." - from the West Australian 20 Oct 1917 (nla.gov.au)

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