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TRUESDALE, John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 824 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Company Quartermaster Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 1st Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Sebastion, Victoria, Australia, March 1884 |
| Home Town: | Eaglehawk, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Bookmaker |
| Memorials: | Eaglehawk Mechanics Institute Roll of Honour, Eaglehawk Presbyterian Sunday School Roll of Honour |
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World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 824, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 824, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 824, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 21 Feb 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 824, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW to head & jaw. | |
| 4 Dec 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Also promoted to Sergeant. | |
| 28 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 824, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Battle for Pozières | |
| 3 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 824, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Mouquet Farm | |
| 7 Mar 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 1st Pioneer Battalion | |
| 28 Mar 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 824, 1st Pioneer Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918 | |
| 8 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 824, 1st Pioneer Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days" | |
| 31 Jan 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 824, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Special 1914 leave |
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