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Charles Ferries TROUPE

Regimental number5423
Place of birthDailly, Scotland
Other NamesTROUP
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBookkeeper
AddressC/o H Keaney, Inverell, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Height5' 10.5"
Weight152 lbs
Next of kinBrother, Andrew Duncan Troupe, Old Dubbo Station, Dubbo, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date10 April 1916
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name17th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/34/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 22 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll17th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 25 April 1918
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Noted Charles Ferriss NR
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Anne TROUP
Discharge date15 October 1918
Other details

War service: Western Front

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Borda', 5 April 1918; disembarked Sydney, 1 June 1918, discharged (wounded), Sydney, 15 October 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Death attributed to war service.
Date of death1 August 1938
Age at death51
Place of burialRookwood Crematorium, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, TROUPE Charles Ferries

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