Karl Richard LJUNG

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Service Number:	1378
Enlisted:	7 December 1914, Enlisted at Oaklands, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Finland, Russia, 1893
Home Town:	Birkenhead, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 2 April 1917
Cemetery:	Noreuil Australian Cemetery, Picardie Special Memorial B, 21 Headstone inscription reads: Their glory shall not be blotted out, Noreuil Australian Cemetery, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

7 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1378, Enlisted at Oaklands, SA

2 Feb 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1378, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''
2 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 50th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 10th Battalion to the 50th Battalion at Serapeum
12 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1378, 50th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm
2 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1378, 50th Infantry Battalion, Noreuil, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1378 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-02

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Son of Ida Ljung of Helingsfors, Finland Russia. Residential address at the time of enlistment was C/- Mrs. Plazbrook of Walker Road, Birkenhead, SA

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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