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PEDERSEN, Carl William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | WX11527 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 April 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Narrogin, Western Australia , 4 September 1909 |
| Home Town: | Narrogin, Narrogin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Egypt, 1 November 1942, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
El Alamein War Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, WX11527 | |
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| 9 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX11527, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Peter Wright
Billy Pedersen was nephew of William Hurst, whose sister Jane was married to Carl Pedersen, a Norwegian from Trondheim. He had 4 sisters. Carl Pedersen Snr and William Hurst jointly owned the farm Manaring in Narrogin. Before that Carl Pedersen Snr and William Hurst had adjoining gold mines in Darlot, 1895-1907, about 80 miles north of Leonora. Jane Pedersen (Hurst) died of Spanish Flu in 1919 in Narrogin, the family moved to Belmont, near Perth. No additional information until his enlistment and departure to the Middle East.