MARCUSEN, Vivian Bruce
| Service Number: | 6583 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 14 February 1895 |
| Home Town: | Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 2 November 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Perth Cemetery (China Wall), Ypres Plot VI, Row C, Grave No. 13 Rockhampton Fire Brigade Board |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6583, 26th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 7 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 6583, 26th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 6583, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Vivian Marcusen only arrived in England during April 1917. He was killed in action in Belgium only 12 days after joining his unit.
In the Rockhampton paper it was reported, “Information was received last night that Private V. B. Marcusen, of Rockhampton, was killed in France, on November 2. His brother, Clive, was killed last year, and another brother has returned invalided from the Front, and has been discharged. At the Signalling Corps competition at Salisbury Plain Camp Private V. Marcusen secured the highest marks possible in nine events.
Vivian’s older brother, 756 Pte. Clive Henry Marcusen 9th Battalion AIF, was killed in action 20 April 1916, aged 23.
Another brother, 1825 Ernest Arthur Marcusen 9th Battalion AIF was returned to Australia 13 February 1917.
They were the sons of John Peter Marcussen of Rockhampton, Qld, their mother having passed away 8 years before the war.
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