TREVAN, Jack
| Service Number: | 666 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 September 1914, Ballarat, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia , 1896 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Mount Pleasant State School |
| Occupation: | Lithographer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, At sea (HS Derflinger) , 29 April 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried at Sea |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 666, Ballarat, Victoria | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Bugler, 666, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Bugler, 666, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 29 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 666, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 666 awm_unit: 14 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-04-29 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Nicholas Egan
Jack Trevan from Ballarat, Victoria was a bugler attatched to the 14th infantry battalion. When war was first declared in August of 1914 he tried to sign up immediately but was rejected as "underdeveloped" and thus medically unfit, even though he was 18 years old. Jack tried again in October and was this time successful. He was classified as a Private/Bugler and embarked in December.
After a short stay in Palestine he was sent to Gallipoli. Unfortunately, he was wounded in the stomach, probably on April 27, 1915 and was transferred to the troopship "HMT Derfflinger", later renamed "Huntsgreen". This was a German ocean-going liner which had been captured by the British in 1914 and should not be confused with "SMS Derfflinger", the German battle-cruiser. Jack Trevan died of his wounds on April 29, he was buried at sea and his name is listed on the Lone Pine Memorial at Gallipoli. He was just 19 years of age.
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