Ernest Max VICTORSEN

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Service Numbers:	552, 5457, 5467, N26359
Enlisted:	11 August 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies
Born:	Carrieton, South Australia, 9 September 1884
Home Town:	East Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Commercial traveller
Died:	Illness, Australia, 4 August 1942, aged 57 years
Cemetery:	Muswellbrook General Cemetery, NSW
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

11 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 552, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
19 Aug 1914:	Embarked Private, 552, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
19 Aug 1914:	Involvement Private, 552, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
18 Jan 1915:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 552, Discharged at the 2nd Military District
6 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5457, 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
10 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 5467, 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
10 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 5467, 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, HMAT Star of Victoria, Melbourne
8 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Field Ambulance, From 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance
1 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 5457, 5th Field Ambulance, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to synovitis of the left knee

27 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Paddington, NSW
27 Feb 1941:	Involvement Private, N26359
27 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N26359, Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies

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Son of John Victorsen and Gertrude Victorsen nee Neustadt of Carrieton, SA

Commenced return to Australia on 31 July 1918 aboard HT Malta disembarking on 28 August 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1940c Ernest married Mary Drewett in Sydney, NSW