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VICTORSEN, Louis Charles
| Service Number: | 3641 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 November 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Clare, South Australia, 11 December 1880 |
| Home Town: | Clare, Clare and Gilbert Valleys, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Storekeeper |
| Died: | Adelaide, South Australia, 23 May 1955, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Section: KO, Road: 18, Site No: 63 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Grand Masonic Lodge WW1 Honour Board (2), Blyth Boys of the Blyth District WW1 Roll of Honour , Blyth WW1 Memorial, Jewish Community of South Australia Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3641, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA | |
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| 10 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 3641, 6th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 3641, 8th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 3641, 8th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Adelaide | |
| 10 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 3641, 6th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 3641, 5th Pioneer Battalion | |
| 6 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3641, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Louis Victorsen and Catherine Victorsen nee Solomon of Clare, SA.
Brother of Albert Joseph Victorsen who returned to Australia on who returned to Australia on 19 June 1916 having served with the 3rd Field Company Engineers and Talbot George Victorsen who returned to Australia on 15 February 1919 having served with the 1st Mechanical Transport Company
Next of kin given as his brother Julius Victorsen of Clare, SA
Commenced return to Australia on 8 July 1919 aboard HT Fredericksruh disembarking on 29 August 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
On 25 September 1919 Louis married Maud Elsie Angelus O'Connor in St. Matthews Church, Kensington, SA
Residential address at the time of death was Kapara Hospital, Glenelg, SA
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