Louis Charles VICTORSEN

Badge Number: S6994, Sub Branch: Glenelg
S6994

VICTORSEN, Louis Charles

Service Number: 3641
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: AIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia
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
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World War 1 Service

4 Nov 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3641, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
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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Biography 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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