TROUT, Percy Richard
| Service Number: | 7667 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Bombardier |
| Last Unit: | 5th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 11 April 1896 |
| Home Town: | Enoggera, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Brisbane Central Boys State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Wicker Worker/Furniture Maker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 23 July 1917, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Dickebusch New Military Cemetery & Extension, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ithaca War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 7667, 5th Field Artillery Brigade | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement Gunner, 7667, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked Gunner, 7667, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Persic, Sydney | |
| 25 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 7667, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , embarked Alexandria for Marseilles on board HMT Minnewaska | |
| 23 Jul 1917: | Involvement Bombardier, 7667, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 7667 awm_unit: 5th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Bombardier awm_died_date: 1917-07-23 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Bombardier Percy Richard Trout (Service No:7667) enlisted in the AIF on 19 July 1915, and was a Gunner attached to 5th Field Artillery Brigade on 18 November 1915 when he embarked with his Unit from Sydney for Suez on board HMAT Persic A34. On 25 March 1916 Gunner Trout embarked from Alexandria for Marseilles on board HMT Minnewaska, and was a Bombadier attached to 5th Field Artllery Brigade when he was KiA in Belgium on 23 July 1917.
Percy was born in Brisbane QLD in 1896, eldest of six children of Richard Philip Trout (b1875 in Brisbane, QLD) and his first wife Catherine (Katie) Smith Lee (b1873 in Brisbane, QLD). Richard and Katie married in 1895 in Brisbane, where they settled and raised their family and Richard was a Butcher. Following Katie's death in 1910, Richard remarried in 1912 to Mary Ann Scanlan (b1885 in Brisbane, QLD).
Percy served a three year Apprenticeship with Mr Johnson, and was a nineteen year old Wicker Worker/Furniture Maker in 1915 when he enlisted in the AIF.
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