Karl Alfred JENSEN

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Service Number:	274
Enlisted:	9 September 1914, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Smidie, Balum, Denmark, 26 August 1892
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Smidie, Balcum, Denmark
Occupation:	Farmer, Cleaning Contractor
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 9 May 1915, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 53, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

9 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 274, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 274, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 274, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne

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Arrived in Australia aged 18 years

Address at the time of enlistment was 4 Beaufort Street, Perth, WA

Son of Jene Christian and Ane Marie Jensen, Balum, Hylland, Denamrk

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