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Thorvald ERIKSEN

Regimental number3933
Place of birthFredikshald Norway
SchoolFredrikshalds Day Schools, Norway
Age on arrival in Australia25
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSeaman
AddressPort Adelaide, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMother, Mrs F Eriksen, Ous Goard, Fredikshald, Norway
Enlistment date21 September 1917
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll21 September 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 10
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/17/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 30 October 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll48th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 4 July 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialCrouy British Cemetery (Plot III, Row B, Grave No. 3), Crouy-Sur-Somme, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
145
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Andrers P. and Fredrikka ERIKSEN, Ous Gaard, Fredrikshald, Norway. Native of Fredrikshald, Norway

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