KORSCH, Ernst

26 June 1924 to 11 July 2020

Ernst Korsch’s journey from growing up in Klosterneuburg, Austria in the midst of World War II, to finding a safe life in Australia was far from easy.

At 18, Ernst joined the German Navy, training in the Netherlands and Germany, first on anti-aircraft guns, then on submarines for a year. He became unwell on a U-Boat in Kiel and ended up in hospital. When he came out, he was transferred onto Minesweeper M510 and travelled from the Russian border to Denmark for the duration of the war, spending most days exploding mines laid by the British Airforce. 

Read the full story in the obituary published in The Daily Telegraph on the 1st of August: https://www.mytributes.com.au/obituaries/ernst-korsch-1924-2020/4070363/