Peter Jurgenson

Russian spelling Петр Гансович Юргенсон

Born 20.05.1887    Place Keinis, Dago (Hiiumaa), Estonia

Ethnic origin Estonian; naturalised as Russian Finn

Religion Lutheran (Russian records from the family); Church of England or Methodist (WWI service records)

Father Jurgenson, Hans     Mother -

Arrived at Australia

            from Hamburg    on 30.12.1911     per Niumnstes (?)   disembarked at Fremantle (deserted the ship)

Residence before enlistment Wokalup, WA

Occupation 1914 farmer, 1915 sailor

Service

service number 1300   enlisted 14.07.1915   POE Perth

unit 32nd Battalion   rank Private

place Western Front, 1916      casualties WIA 1916

final fate RTA 9.09.1916       discharged 23.01.1917 MU

Naturalisation 1914

Residence after the war Wokalup, WA

Family: wife Isabella Florence Jurgenson (née Sim), married 1923, son Harold Edward Jurgenson b.1925

Died 14.06.1974

Materials naturalisation (NAA) (Jurgensen)

digitised service records (NAA)

investigation branch file (NAA)

From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:

 The Estonian Peter Jurgenson, a former seaman, ended up unfit for service with injuries to his left eye after being blown up at the battle for Sugar-loaf salient and rendered ‘unconscious till he found himself in hospital’. On returning to Australia, he went back where he had started farming before the war, at Wokalup. ‘He never got a pension’, his son relates, ‘he applied for one and they mucked around so much that he told them to stick it! … Married in 1923, built a cottage at Wokalup and started farming. Milked cows, had pigs, then had a poultry farm. As well, he did building — many houses are still around to this day.’

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