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Leslie TRIGG

Regimental number973
Place of birthMelbourne, Victoria
ReligionWesleyan
OccupationLabourer
Address2 Grattan Street, Prahran, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20.5
Height5' 7.75"
Weight147 lbs
Next of kinW. Trigg, 2 Grattan Street, Prahran, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed 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 date1 December 1914
Place of enlistmentSouth Melbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Light Horse Regiment, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/9/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A56 Palermo on 7 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Anzac Cyclists' Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 9 July 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in Victorian Garden of Remembrance
Discharge date17 November 1919
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 death18 June 1937
Place of burialFawkner Memorial Park, Victoria
SourcesNAA: B2455, TRIGG Leslie

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