MANGELSDORF, Wilfred Harold
| Service Number: | 6789 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 March 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Woodside, South Australia, 28 February 1895 |
| Home Town: | Minlaton, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated in the North Road, Church of England Cemetery, Collinswood, SA, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Minlaton War Memorial WW1, Oakbank Old Scholars Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6789, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA | |
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| 7 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6789, 10th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6789, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide |
Wilfred Harold Mangelsdorf
Name: Wilfred Harold Mangelsdorf
Service Number: 6789
Place of Birth: Woodside
Date of Birth: 28 February 1895
Place of Enlistment: Adelaide
Date of Enlistment: 1 March 1916
Age at Enlistment: 21 years
Next of Kin: Mother, Bertha Mary Mangelsdorf
Occupation: Carpenter
Religion: Church of England
Rank: Private
Wilfred left Adelaide on board the Afric on 7 November 1916, arriving at Plymouth, England on 9 January 1917 and was sent to France on 19 April. He was killed in action in Belgium on 29 September. On 12 May 1918 Wilfred’s mother Bertha wrote to the Army asking that his clothes and watch be returned to her. The Army replied on 21 May advising her son’s army uniform could not be returned to her as they were, “property of the Government ... only goods of sentimental value are returned to next of kin.”
Bertha was granted a pension of one pound per fortnight from 11 December 1917. Private Wilfred Harold Mangelsdorf is listed on the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial in Belgium.
Submitted 25 October 2023 by christopher collins
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Hermann Gottfried Mangelsdorf and Bertha Mary Mangelsdorf nee Watchel of Minlaton, SA later of McKinnon Parade, North Adelaide, SA.
Brother of Herbert Henry Mangelsdorf, Lorna Ella Mangelsdorf, Walter Herman Mangelsdorf, Minnie Mary Mangelsdorf and June Doreen Mangelsdorf
Served a three year Carpenter apprenticeship with Marlow's of Minlaton, SA
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal