ANDRESEN, Orlando
| Service Number: | 2101 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 July 1915, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bundaberg, Queensland, 16 January 1894 |
| Home Town: | Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Distiller and Hotelier |
| Died: | Suicide (GSW head), Brisbane, Queensland, 24 March 1941, aged 47 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Cremated |
| Memorials: | Gooburrum State School Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2101, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 20 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2101, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Armadale embarkation_ship_number: A26 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Sep 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2101, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Armadale, Brisbane | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 2101, 26th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge | |
| 7 Nov 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 26th Infantry Battalion | |
| 13 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2101, 26th Infantry Battalion |
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Brother: 2102 Pte Ralph Edgar ANDRESEN (/explore/people/267357), 26th Bn, killed in action, 29 July 1916.
"STOREKEEPER FOUND DEAD
Orlando Andresen, 47, storekeeper, of Shafston Avenue, Kangaroo Point, was found dead yesterday with a bullet wound in his head, by his wife. Andresen, a returned soldier, lost more than £2000 when the Hotel Metropole, Ipswich, of which he was the licensee, was destroyed by fire about 13 months ago. Since then he had been in bad health. He was gassed in the last war and had suffered from lung trouble." - from the Brisbane Courier Mail 25 Mar 1941 (nla.gov.au)
"ANDRESEN, Orlando.— The Funeral of Orlando (Orrie) Andresen (late 26th Battn.. A.I.F), of Shafston Avenue, Kangaroo Point, will move from the Funeral Chapel, Stanley Street, South Brisbane, This (Tuesday) Afternoon, at 3.45 o'clock, to the crematorium. Mt. Thompson." - from the Brisbane Courier Mail 25 Mar 1941 (nla.gov.au)
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