Descendants of Eigil Holst SORENSEN are attempting to recover his missing war service medals.
Eigil Holst SORENSEN was born in 1905 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He had 3 brothers and a sister. He arrived in Melbourne in 1926 on his 21st birthday and was naturalised as an Australian citizen during 1931. Eigil’s best friend also came to Australia.
Eigil SORENSEN worked in Meekathara & Norseman as a tractor driver and a miner. He Married in Perth, Western Australia in 1941 and had 2 children as a result of the union. His son was born in Melbourne & that is where his wife was from. His daughter was born in Western Australia. Eigil’s sister Else would write letters to the family & send them gifts from Denmark. Eigil volunteered to join the Australian Army where he fought during WW11 in the Phillipines.
According to the World War Two Nominal Roll, Eigil attained the rank of Corporal and records indicate he was serving with 53 A PORT CRAFT upon his discharge from the Second Australian Imperial Force.
An image of the missing Second World War medals awarded to Eigil Holst SORENSEN. The missing medals consist of the 1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, 1939-1945 War Medal and 1939-1945 Australia Service Medal.
Eigil’s medals were sold on ebay by a third party during 2014 and his descendants at this time were unaware the medals had been placed on the open market. As such, they are very keen to hear from the person who now has Eigil’s medals in their possession.
His descendants are 4 Grandchildren & 4 Great Grandchildren.
Eigil’s family would very much appreciate the safe return of his Medals.
These are precious family heirlooms. For further information, please contact the Medals Gone Missing Administrator.
About gary
Gary Traynor is the volunteer Administrator of the Militaria based website MEDALSGONEMISSING. The aim of this "NOT FOR PROFIT" website is to reunite families, with lost War Medals and other items of militaria. Anything from medals to items of uniform. What Gary refers to as their "lost heritage". He has been actively involved in the Militaria world and researching of Military History for well over 30 years. As a result, Gary also conducts valuations and offers advice on all items of militaria. He has acted as advisor to a number of television and Foxtel productions; including Sir Tony Robinson's "Tour of Duty" series which featured on the History Channel. Gary is a field historian and conducts tours to Gallipoli, The Western Front, Kokoda and many other major battle sites around the world. He was a member of the Australian Army Reserve (UNSWR & 4/3 RNSWR) and served for 23 years with the New South Wales Police Force. He is perhaps the only person who has been employed at the Australian War Memorial in all three capacities .... as a volunteer, part time and full time employee .... starting as a qualified tour guide, working in the public galleries as an Information Assistant and finally Assistant Curator in Military Heraldry & Technology.
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