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TREGILGAS, Joseph Eric Everleigh
| Service Number: | 20520 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 October 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Army Medical Corps (AIF) |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 5 October 1885 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Minister |
| Died: | Plympton, South Australia, 4 January 1954, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Gilles Street Primary School WW1 Honour Roll (New), Nailsworth Primary School Great War Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Oct 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 20520, Army Medical Corps (AIF) | |
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| 17 Jul 1918: | Embarked Private, 20520, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 20520 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Peter Cates
Joseph Eric Everleigh Tregilgas, known as Eric, was the eldest of three sons. He had already commenced a career as a minister when he enlisted for overseas service aged 22. On 22 June 2017, a few weeks before leaving for England, he married 28yr old Muriel Lillian Marston. Muriel then returned to her family home in Mintaro until Eric's war Service ended.
After the war, they lived initially in Westbourne Park and Eric resumed his career with the Methodist Church. The couple had four children, all born between 1920 and 1927. After holding a number of positions in country SA and suburban Adelaide, Eric retired due to ill health in 1950. He published a book about the Methodist Church in Gawler, as well as writing articles for the Christian Commonwealth. In later years he was president of the Mental Hospitals' Association and tutored at Wesley Theological College.
Excerpt from the book: "A Picture of Fortitude" with approval by The Willunga Recreational Park.
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