Richard TRUDGEON

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Service Number:	2502
Enlisted:	1 June 1916, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	46th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Newstead, Victoria, Australia , 1888
Home Town:	Welshmans Reef, Mount Alexander, Victoria
Schooling:	Welshmans Reef State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Farm labourer
Died:	Died of wounds , 83rd General Hospital, Boulogne, France, 11 November 1917
Cemetery:	Boulogne Eastern Cemetery Plot VIII. Row I. Grave 111.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maldon Welshman's Reef State School No 1830 Honor Board, Newstead & District Great European War Roll of Honor, Newstead War Memorial

1 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2502, 46th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
7 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 2502, 46th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
7 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 2502, 46th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Sydney, Melbourne
22 Jan 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2502, 46th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, SW to head at Gueudecourt. Rejoined unit 28 January 1917.
11 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2502, 46th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (First)
26 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2502, 46th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood
11 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2502, 46th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele, SW to head (fractured skull). Evacuated to 83rd General Hospital at Boulogne, where he later died of his wounds on 11 November 1917.

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