Victor Herman ZIERSCH

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ZIERSCH, Victor Herman

Service Number:	S27111
Enlisted:	11 March 1941, Glossop, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5 Field Regiment AMF
Born:	Loxton, South Australia, 14 April 1915
Home Town:	Loxton (SA), Loxton Waikerie, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Loxton, South Australia, 10 February 1975, aged 59 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Barmera (Upper Murray) Garden of Memory Cemetery Section A; Row B; Plot 4
Memorials:

World War 2 Service

11 Mar 1941:	Involvement Gunner, S27111
11 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Glossop, SA
11 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, S27111, 5 Field Regiment AMF
19 Nov 1945:	Discharged
19 Nov 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, S27111, 5 Field Regiment AMF

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Biography contributed by Julianne Ryan

Father Gustav Reinhold ZIERSCH (b 31-7-1881 SA) and
Mother Ernstine Wilhelmine Dorothea GERLACH (b 24-5-1884 Point Pass SA as Wilhelmine Dorothea Ernestine GERLACH).
(SA Births 1907 - 1928, Book : 957 Page : 581 District : Wel.)

siblings
Edmond Alfred ZIERSCH 14-4-1910 Petersburg (now Peterborough)
Meida Frieda ZIERSCH 4-9-1911 Loxton
Dorothea Louise ZIERSCH 26-6-1913 New Residence
Victor Herman ZIERSCH 14-4-1915 New Residence - d 10-2-1975 Loxton
Louis Alwin ZIERSCH 19-7-1917 Loxton
Theodore Gordon ZIERSCH 20-10-1919 Loxton - d 23-2-1971 Barmera
Paul Raymond ZIERSCH 8-9-1922 Loxton
Rona Daphne ZIERSCH 27-8-1924 Loxton

Next of kin in service:
Brother   47299 Theodor (Gordon) Ziersch
              9/12/1941 enlisted into WWII - RAAF
              26/3/1946 discharged from service
              Leading Aircraftman - Central Flying School

Described on enlisting as

11/3/1941 Enlisted at Kingston on Murray, South Australia
place of enlisting as Glossop, SA

Last rank: Gunner in 5 Field Regiment

19/11/1945 discharged from service

10/2/1975 passed away in Loxton, SA

buried in: Upper Murray Garden of Memory Cemetery (next to Barmera Cemetery)
Section A; Row B; Plot 4

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 29/11/2016. Lest we forget.

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