Eric William LARSON

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LARSON, Eric William

Service Number:	5119
Enlisted:	22 December 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia, 3 November 1888
Home Town:	Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling:	Sydney Technical College, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Plumber
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 9 February 1917, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Block O, Plot V, Row F, Grave 4
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

22 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5119, 13th Infantry Battalion
31 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 5119, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
31 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 5119, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Eric was one of the two sons of John and Martha Larson of Dulwich Hill, NSW, who were killed during the war.

His younger brother, 6789 Pte. Sidney Oscar Larson 8th Battalion AIF, was killed in action at Broodseinde in Belgium on the 4 October 1917, aged 24.

Eric was working as a plumber prior to enlisting in late 1915. He reached the Western Front during July 1916 and was mortally wounded in the chest by shrapnel on 5 February 1917. He died of his wounds four days later in an Ambulance Train.

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