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VICTORSEN, Albert Joseph
| Service Number: | 85 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 April 1914, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Clare, South Australia, 31 December 1882 |
| Home Town: | Clare, Clare and Gilbert Valleys, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Traveller, Pipe Fitter |
| Died: | Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 30 May 1962, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Boronia, Wall X, Niche 290 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Jewish Community of South Australia Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Apr 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 85, 3rd Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA | |
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| 22 Sep 1914: | Involvement Driver, 85, 3rd Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Sep 1914: | Embarked Driver, 85, 3rd Field Company Engineers, HMAT Geelong, Melbourne | |
| 2 Oct 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 85, 3rd Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit due to neurasthenia | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Sapper, 85 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Louis Victorsen and Catherine Victorsen nee Solomon of Clare, SA.
Brother of Louis Charles Victorsen who returned to Australia on 29 August 1919 having served with the 5th Pioneer Battalion and Talbot George Victorsen who returned to Australia on 2 January 1919 having served with the 1st Mechanical Transport Company
Next of kin given as his brother Julius Victorsen of Clare, SA
Commenced return to Australia on 8 May 1916 aboard HT Themistocles disembarking on 19 June 1916
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
On 3 April 1923 Albert married Ruth Maria Morrow in the Methodist Church, Prospect, SA