THORBJORNSEN, Charles George
| Service Number: | WX683 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 November 1939, Northam, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Fremantle, WA, 6 November 1916 |
| Home Town: | Yealering, Wickepin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Fremantle |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Crete, Crete, Greece, 20 May 1941, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Suda Bay War Cemetery (Souda Bay) Greece 1 D 6 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wickepin District Roll of Honour WWII, Wickepin District Service Volunteers Honour Board, Wickepin Fallen Soldiers Memorial, Yealering Memorial Gates |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, WX683 | |
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| 10 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX683, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion, Northam, WA |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Gabriel Andreas and Mary Elisabeth Thorbjornsen, of Fremantle, Western Australia.
ROCK OF AGES, CLEFT FOR ME, LET ME HIDE MYSELF IN THEE. R.I.P.
Private Charles Thorbjorsen, third generation of a well-known Fremantle family, is reported to have been killed in action. Private Thorbjorsen was 24, was the only son of Fremantle lumper Gabriel Thorbjorsen, and grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Carl Carlson, who lived in Fremantle. Born and educated in Fremantle, he was single and before enlisting worked on a farm at Yealering. Private John Mellowship, an uncle of Private Thorbjorsen, was wounded in Bardia but is now back at the front again.
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