John TRAPP

TRAPP, John

    Service Number: 1917
    Enlisted: 8 March 1916, Toowoomba
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 42nd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 16 February 1892
    Home Town: Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Natural causes, Dalby, Queensland, Australia, 20 February 1952, aged 60 years
    Cemetery: Dalby Cemetery, Qld
    Division: M, Section: Roman Catholic, Old, Plot 4189
    Memorials: Toowoomba Queen of the South Lodge, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1
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    World War 1 Service

    8 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1917, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Toowoomba
    16 Aug 1916: Involvement Private, 1917, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: ''
    16 Aug 1916: Embarked Private, 1917, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boorara, Brisbane
    28 Aug 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 42nd Infantry Battalion
    2 Nov 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 42nd Infantry Battalion
    15 Jul 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 42nd Infantry Battalion
    12 Aug 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 1917, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Le Hamel - Blueprint for Victory, Shrapnel wound right knee.
    26 Aug 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 42nd Infantry Battalion
    28 Mar 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1917, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HT Karoa, Liverpool for return to Australia - disembarking Brisbane 5 May 1919.
    22 Jun 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1917, 42nd Infantry Battalion

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