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Holger Ludwig SORENSEN

Regimental number5187
Place of birthDenmark
ReligionProtestant
OccupationMiner
AddressBranxton, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinMother, Mrs C Sorensen, Aalbuag, Denmark
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date9 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT SS Makarini on 1 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularArrived in Australia, 1914
FateDied of wounds 7 November 1916
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Ludwig spelt Leidvig
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialDartmoor Cemetery (Plot II, Row E, Grave No. 51), Becordel-Becourt, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
38
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Simon and Johanne SORENSEN, Ellidshoef, Denmark. Native of Aalborg, Denmark
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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