ANZAC Heroes | Great War 1914 – 1918

Bunbury – Wellington District Western Australia

TRIGWELL, Ernest Allen

Full Name: Ernest Allen

TRIGWELL

Date of Birth: 07

–

1893

Place of birth: Donnybrook WA

Australia

Occupation: Railway Employee

Address: Collie WA

Next of Kin: Mother- Lucy Trigwell

Next of Kin Address: Donnybrook WA

Religion: Protestant

Service Number: 539

Rank: Lance Corporal

Unit/Division: 11th Battalion

Enlistment Date: 1914-08-19

Enlistment Location: Helena Vale

Western Australia

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Embarkation Date: 1914-11-02

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Disembarkation Date: 1914-11-26

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Returned: Yes

Discharge Date: 1919-06-20

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19/08/1914- To 11th Battalion 3rd Infantry Brigade as Private
2/03/1915- Embarked Alexandria Egypt with Meditteranean Expeditionary Forces for Gallipoli Peninsula
29/07/1915- Admitted 1st Field Ambulance then Casualty Clearing Station Gallipoli ( Influenza )
30/07/1915- Admitted 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance Gallipoli ( Rheumatism )
2/08/1915- Evacuated/Admitted 1st Stationary Hospital Mudros Lemnos
3/08/1915- Admitted 1st Stationary Hospital Mudros
9/08/1915- Transferred Base Depot Mudros
12/08/1915- Evacuated/Admitted Valletta Hospital Malta ( Dysentry )
21/08/1915- Transferred St Patrick’s Hospital Malta ( Diarrhoea/Rheumatism )
12/09/1915- Evacuated/Admitted 5th London General St Thomas Hospital England
9/11/1915- Admitted Rochester Row Military Hospital England ( Sickness )- Discharged 15/12/1915
16/12/1915- Admitted 1st Australian Division Hospital Bulford England- Discharged 14/01/1916
18/01/1916- To Base Depot Abbey Wood England
22/02/1916- Admitted Portland Hospital England ( Sickness ) – Discharged 25/02/1916
31/05/1916- Admitted 26th General Hospital then 9th Stationary Hospital Etaples France ( NYD )
29/06/1916- Admitted 18th General Hospital Camiers France ( Sickness )
7/08/1916- Discharged 1st Australian Division Base Depot Etaples France ex Hospital
25/08/1916- Rejoined Unit in the field France  ex Base Depot
30/09/1916- Appointed LANCE CORPORAL in the field France
16/04/1917- Reported MISSING IN ACTION France28/07/1917- Reported Captured and taken PRISONER OF WAR-15/04/1917 near CAMBRAI- BOURSIES- Interred LIMBURG  Camp
27/01/1919- Repatriated Prisoner of War arrived England to No. 2 Command Depot Weymouth
3/03/1919- Embarked Portland England for Australia per ” Euripides ”
20/06/1919- Discharged from Service

PRISONER  OF  WAR – RED  CROSS  FILES  SUMMARY

17/08/1917- London- From German List dated 19/07/1917- ” Missing-16/04/1917- Prisoner of War.  Captured Boursies.  Interred Limburg “.

28/09/1917-London- from Postcard to 406 W. Bellamy R. Q. M.  Store  11th Battalion  AIF France dated 17/06/1917- ” Prisoner of War.  Interred Limburg.  I am safe and sound this side of the line and going along as well as can be expected “.

13/06/1918- London- Certified Message of Cable from Perth dated 29/05/1918- ” Prisoner of War Message.  Please inform, Mother died of Heart Failure 23/05/1918 “.

26/12/1918- London- Certified by AIF Headquarters- ” Repatriated Prisoner of War.  Arrived Dover 19/12/1918 “.