Number Private

Battalion 37th Battalion

Place of Birth Norfolk England

Next of Kin Mr. Denis Trudgill Long Row Tibenham,
Long Startton (or Swetshall) Norfolk.

Date and place of enlistment Leongatha 17/5/1916

Physical details on enlistment Age 21 years and 2 month,

5'8", 118 pounds, blue eyes and brown hair

Religion Methodist

Occupation milkman or dairyman

Date and place of death

He was wounded in action on 4/10/1917 at Popperinge and died at the Third Australian Casualty Clearing Station in Belgium.

Location of grave or memorial

He was buried in Nine Elms British Cemetery 8 miles west of Ypres

Relationship to Woorayl Shire

He lived and worked in the Shire and enlisted in Leongatha

Military History

17/5/16 He enlisted in Leongatha
25/9/16 He embarked from Port Melbourne on the HMAT Shropshire
11/11/16 He disembarked at Plymouth
20/12 /16 He went to France from Folkstone on the Princess Victoria
21/12/16 He was at Etaples
2/1/17 He was in a segregation camp
15/3/17 He marched out to the front
4/10/17 He was wounded in action and died of wounds at the Third Australian Casualty Clearing Station
7/10/17 He was buried in Nine Elms British cemetery 8 miles west of Ypres
In his Will his property was to be divided equally amongst his sisters Mary, Louise and Nelly. This will was made in Melbourne
He worked for Mr. W B Drowley c/o Leongatha P O