Gerald Jonah (Bert) TRIGGER Mid

TRIGGER, Gerald Jonah

Service Number: 2678
Enlisted: 2 March 1916, Mount Gambier, SA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 5th Pioneer Battalion
Born: Macarthur, Victoria, Australia, 29 August 1895
Home Town: Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Hotspur, Victoria, Australia, 14 April 1962, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Boram Boram Cemetery, Penshurst, Victoria
Memorials: Hamilton Borough of Hamilton Roll of Honour, Victorian Garden of Remembrance
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World War 1 Service

2 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2678, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Mount Gambier, SA
21 Sep 1916: Involvement Private, 2678, 5th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
21 Sep 1916: Embarked Private, 2678, 5th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Adelaide

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Samuel TRIGGER and Edith Emma TRIGGER nee WHELLER, South Hamilton, Victoria

Husband of Grace Sarah Ethelrada TRIGGER nee TAYLOR

Mention in Despatches

Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette' No. 31448 (11 July 1919); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 124 (30 October 1919).