TRIMBLE, Paul Henry
| Service Number: | 1869 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 March 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Marrickville, NSW, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Fort Street Boys High School |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Civilian POW at Camp Holmes, Baguio, Phillipines, 11 August 1942, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Mosman "With the Colors" Pictorial Honour Roll, Sydney Commonwealth Bank of Australia Great War Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1869, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 10 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1869, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1869, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Alexander TRIMBLE and Ellen nee HOLE
Taken prisoner by the Japanese. He died while a POW. His wife and 2 young daughters, and motherinlaw were also prisoners of the Japanese for three years.
Mr. A. Trimble, of Mosman, has received a cable message that his son. Private Paul Trimble, was badly wounded during the attack on Hill 70 at the Dardanelles. Private Trimble left Sydney at Easter, and after a week in Egypt was sent to Gallipoli, where he has been since May. He was a Fort-street School boy, and was for three years in the Government Savings Bank at Mosman. He is reported to be dangerously ill.
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