Percival Trogg ATHOL

ATHOL, Percival Trogg

Service Number: 3014
Enlisted: 27 January 1916, Casula, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 31st Infantry Battalion
Born: Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 1898
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: State School, NSW
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, France, 28 August 1918
Cemetery: Assevillers New British Cemetery
Plot XII, Row A, Grave 5 - Headstone Inscription - In Sacred Memory of the dear son & stepson of Mr & Mrs Dartigues
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

27 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3014, 31st Infantry Battalion, Casula, NSW
14 Mar 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3014, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
14 Mar 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3014, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of Mrs. Lydia DARTIGUES, of Mitchelton, Queensland. Born at Sydney, New South Wales.

Biography contributed

He was born in Surry Hills, Sydney as Percy A TROGG in 1898 to Lydia Florence TROGG - no fathers name listed - Lydia married Thomas MINAMI in Sydney in 1901 (no details of her marriage to DARTIGUES)

He enlisted under the name of Henry PERCIVAL with the 19th Battalion & was discharged for unsuitable behavior and later made a declaration that his real name was Percival Trogg ATHOL which is probably another assumed name 

He enlisted in Casula on 27th January, 1916 and embarked with the 31st Infantry Battalion from Melbourne on the HMAT Anchises on 14th March, 1916

Percival was Killed in Action in France on 28th August, 1918 and is buried in the Asseuvillers British Cemetery

 

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