Ernest Thomas SORENSEN

SORENSEN, Ernest Thomas

Service Number: 3270
Enlisted: 13 August 1915, Holdsworthy, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 20th Infantry Battalion
Born: Balmain, NSW, 17 January 1893
Home Town: Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling: Liechhardt Public School
Occupation: Plasterer
Died: Natural Causes, Capital Hill, Canberra, ACT, 20 March 1979, aged 86 years
Cemetery: Woden (Canberra) Public Cemetery, ACT
BA/L/C/056
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World War 1 Service

13 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3270, 20th Infantry Battalion, Holdsworthy, NSW
20 Dec 1915: Involvement Private, 3270, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: Incorrectly spelt Ernest Thomas Sorrenson on original record
20 Dec 1915: Embarked Private, 3270, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of C and Florrie SORENSEN, 5 Reuss Street, Liechhardt, NSW

Ernest served in Egypt and France and was wounded on 18 September 1918 and invalided to General Hospital, France.  He rejoined his unit in November 1918.