Victor Fredrick Aenaeus BAUMGURTEL

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BAUMGURTEL, Victor Fredrick Aenaeus

Service Number:	2624
Enlisted:	21 August 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lobethal, South Australia, Australia , 17 June 1887
Home Town:	Lobethal, Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Schooling:	Tweedvale Public School, and Birdwood High School, South Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 25 April 1918, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide The 50th Battalion Commemorative Cross, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Edithburgh WW2 Roll of Honor, Lobethal WW1 Roll of Honor, Lobethal War Memorial, Woodside District of Onkaparinga Honour Board

World War 1 Service

21 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2624, Adelaide, South Australia
23 Oct 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2624, 50th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
23 Oct 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2624, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Adelaide
25 Apr 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2624, 50th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux

Victor Friedrich Aeneas Baumgurtel

Name: Victor Friedrich Aeneas Baumgurtel
Service Number: 2624
Place of Birth: Lobethal
Date of Birth: 17 June 1887
Place of Enlistment: Mitcham
Date of Enlistment: 21 August 1916
Age at Enlistment: 29 years 1 month
Next of Kin: Mother, Auguste Baumgurtel
Occupation: Labourer
Religion: Lutheran
Rank: Private
Victor embarked the A 16 Port Melbourne at Adelaide on 23 October 1916 arriving at Devonport, England on 28 December and proceeded to France on 9 May 1917. He was killed in action at Villers- Bretonneux on 25 April and was buried 500 yards south- west of the town with a cross erected by his unit, the 50th Battalion. Victor’s personal effects comprising a wrist watch-guard, pair of gloves and handkerchief were sent to his mother Auguste on 24 December. She was granted a pension of 2 pounds per fortnight as of 16 July 1918. Auguste also received Victor’s Memorial Scroll, Memorial Plaque, Victory Medal and British War Medal between June 1921 and April 1923.
The following notice appeared in The Advertiser on Friday, April 25 1919, “In loving memory of our dear friend Victor, killed in action in France April 25 1918. Ever remembered.” Inserted by his friends Mr. and Mrs. H.A.Wallace.

Biography

Son of Heinrich Christian Conrad BAUMGURTEL and Auguste fmly LAUTERBACH (nee PAECH)

NOTE: Last name transcribed incorrectly as Baumgertel on the Embarkation Roll (www.awm.gov.au), actual name spelt as Baumgurtel can be seen on original Embarkation document (www.awm.gov.au)

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