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Percy Edwin JORGENSEN

Regimental number6763
Place of birthFernbank Victoria
SchoolStirling and Fernbank State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressFernbank PO, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinFather, Mr H C Jorgensen, Fernbank PO, Victoria
Enlistment date8 September 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Battalion, 22nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/22/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 25 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEdwin is spelt Edvin on RoHc. Died in Fargo Military Hospital.
FateDied of disease 16 January 1917
Place of death or woundingEngland
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialDurrington Cemetery (Grave No. 155), Wiltshire
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
44
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: H.C. and Kathleen Hannah JORGENSEN, Fernbank, Bairnsdale, Victoria

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