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TRUSCOTT, Joseph Victor
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3629 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 July 1915, Bendigo, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 60th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Long Gully, Victoria, Australia, 4 January 1894 |
| Home Town: | Long Gully, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | State School, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Letter Carrier |
| Died: | Illness, Etaples, France, 9 December 1916, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Etaples Military Cemetery Grave Reference: XX. F. 6., |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hawthorn Postmaster General's Department Victoria 1, Long Gully Methodist Church Great War Roll of Honor, Postmaster General's Department Victoria 2 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 21 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3629, 21st Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic. | |
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| 29 Dec 1915: | Involvement 3629, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: Incorrectly recorded as Victor Joseph on the original record | |
| 29 Dec 1915: | Embarked 3629, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne | |
| 26 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion, Egypt | |
| 25 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 60th Infantry Battalion, Egypt | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3629, 60th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) | |
| 9 Dec 1916: | Involvement Sergeant, 3629, 60th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3629 awm_unit: 60th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-12-09 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Sgt 3629 Joseph Victor Truscott was admitted to St John Ambulance Brigade Hospital, Etaples on 2 December 1916 (trench foot).
He died there of disease (trench foot and septic pneumonia) a week later on 9 December 1916.
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