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TREBILCOCK, Alfred Reginald
| Service Number: | 1748 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 February 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Montacute, South Australia, 6 February 1887 |
| Home Town: | Montacute, Adelaide Hills, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | GROCER, ORCHARDIST |
| Died: | Norwood, South Australia, 8 May 1963, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Montacute Cemetery Section A, Row 5, Site 66. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1748, 50th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 11 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 1748, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 1748, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide | |
| 25 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1748, 50th Infantry Battalion, Admitted to hospital, shrapnel wounds to the head. | |
| 10 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, 1748, 50th Infantry Battalion, Reason for Discharge: cessation of Hostilities. Total service 3 yrs, 72 days; abroad 2 years 350 days. | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 1748, 50th Infantry Battalion |
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On the 6th of February 1887, Alfred Reginald Trebilcock was born in Fifth Creek, South Australia, to Alfred and Harriet Trebilcock. He spent most of his life either in Montacute, SA, or Penneshaw on Kangaroo Island. He lived with his wife Valentina Trebilcock, having married her on the 1st of August 1910 in Penneshaw – famously inviting the Captain of the ferry (the SS Karrata) to the wedding so he wouldn’t return to the mainland without them. On the 28th of February 1916, he enlisted in the 50th Infantry Battalion of the AIF in Adelaide. His service number was 1748.
After training, he embarked at Adelaide on board the HMAT Aeneas with the 50th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement, bound for the Western Front. Action was not long in coming, and he was wounded by shrapnel to the head on the 25th of April. He was admitted to the 2nd Canadian General Hospital and transferred to England, where he spent several years recovering, before being discharged on the 10th of May 1919 after the war had ended. His total service time had amounted to 3 years and 72 days, 2 years and 350 of which he spent abroad.
After the war, Alfred and Valentina tried to start up a greengrocer, selling the produce from their orchard and garden. It was an unsuccessful venture, and they closed the business not long after opening. Instead, they returned to the full-time maintenance of the garden until Alfred, in the company of his sons (George and Ken), re-enlisted to fight in the Second World War. In 1940, he joined the 4th Garrison Battalion, with the service number S519. He was around 50 years old at the time.
Three years later, he was discharged. He died in Norwood, SA, on the 8th of May 1963. His grave can be found at Section A, Row 5, Site 66 in Montacute Cemetery, SA, where he was buried according to the customs of the Church of England.
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