TROTTER, Percy George
| Service Number: | 5791 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 March 1916, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Victoria, 1 September 1883 |
| Home Town: | Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Lumper/Waterside worker |
| Died: | Illness (alcoholism), Perth, Western Australia, August 1954 |
| Cemetery: |
Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5791, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Fremantle, Western Australia | |
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| 18 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5791, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Jul 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5791, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Seang Bee, Fremantle | |
| 28 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 5791, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
Grandfather
My memories of Percy are little. He lived with his carer in North Fremantle in the latter years of his life until his death in 1958. Percy was a great footballer and played for Fitzroy. He was know as the "Rose of Fitzroy" because of the rose he always wore on the lapel of his jacket. He was born in Victoria and moved to Western Australia post war where he played for East Fremantle Football Club.
i know he served in France and sent postcard home from Paris but I cannot get hold of them as someone else in the family possesses these treasured memories.
He was also a member of an Aussie rules team that played an exhibition match in London during WW1.
He was a private in the 16th Battalion comprising WA and SA members.
Percy had a daughter Margaret Trotter who married Reginald Edgar, my father.
Maggie died in 1954 before Percy did.
Submitted 9 December 2014 by Ann Edgar
Biography
Percy was a talented football player for Fitzroy and East Fremantle.
I am his granddaughter - his daughter, Margaret Mary was married to my father Reginal Edgar.
The last years of his life was spent in living in North Fremantle. - Ann Edgar
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