George Victor LUDVIGSEN

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LUDVIGSEN, George Victor

Service Number:	250
Enlisted:	4 April 1916
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	5th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Sydney New South Wales, Australia, March 1896
Home Town:	Surry Hills, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Sydney High School, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Student
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World War 1 Service

4 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 250, 5th Machine Gun Company
2 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 250, 5th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
2 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 250, 5th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
9 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 22nd Infantry Battalion
12 Nov 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 250, 22nd Infantry Battalion, GSW right thigh
18 Feb 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Machine Gun Company
1 Jul 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 5th Machine Gun Company, temp LCpl 15/4/1917
29 Nov 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 5th Machine Gun Company
1 May 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 5th Machine Gun Company
1 Aug 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Machine Gun Company
16 Apr 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Machine Gun Company

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University of Sydney biography

Lt George Victor Ludvigsen

Econ. : Lieutenant, 5th Machine Gun and 22nd Battns., A.I.F., France. Enlisting 4th April, 1916, and sailing 2nd May, joined 6th M.G. Coy. in Belgium in August. Transferring to 22nd Battn., fought east of Ypres and at Flers, where wounded n th November and evacuated to No. 3 Australian General Hospital, Brighton. In December went to 25th M.G. Coy. as corporal and, crossing to France, was promoted sergeant in 1917 and sent to Officers Cadet Battn. in 1918, being commissioned 2nd May. Returning to France, was appointed to 5th M.G. Battn. in June, serving with it until May, 1919, and then on administrative work in A.I.F. Depots, United Kingdom, until December, returning 2nd February, 1920. Early education at Sydney High School.

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