Regimental number | 973 |
Place of birth | Melbourne, Victoria |
Religion | Wesleyan |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | 2 Grattan Street, Prahran, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20.5 |
Height | 5' 7.75" |
Weight | 147 lbs |
Next of kin | W. Trigg, 2 Grattan Street, Prahran, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served in 49th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces; not serving in a military unit at time of AIF enlistment (moved to Exempt Area under Compulsory Military Training scheme) |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | South Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 4th Light Horse Regiment, 5th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/9/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A56 Palermo on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Anzac Cyclists' Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Plaque in Victorian Garden of Remembrance |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Married Ellen Margaret WARCHUS, spinster, aged 22, Register Office, Woolwich, 30 June 1917. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Prinz Ludwig', 9 July 1919; disembarked, Melbourne, 5 September 1919; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), Melbourne, 17 November 1919. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal Death attributed to War Service. |
Date of death | |
Place of burial | Fawkner Memorial Park, Victoria |
Sources | NAA: B2455, TRIGG Leslie |