WITTWER, Trafalgar Angus
| Service Number: | 63965 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 September 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Army Medical Corps Contingent (NSW) |
| Born: | Hahndorf SA, 2 July 1894 |
| Home Town: | Hahndorf, Mount Barker, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Hahndorf Church |
| Occupation: | Baker |
| Died: | Old Age, Hahndorf, 1978 |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 3 Sep 1917: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 63965, Army Medical Corps Contingent (NSW) | |
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| 5 Jun 1918: | Involvement Private, 63965, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jun 1918: | Embarked Private, 63965, Army Medical Corps (AIF), RMS Orontes, Sydney | |
| 1 Mar 1927: | Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 63965, Army Medical Corps Contingent (NSW) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Orroroo Area School
Trafalgar Wittwer was the son of Heinrich Gottlieb Wittwer and Alwine Bertha Gallasch.
He was born on the 2nd of July, 1894.
He became a baker, and on Monday the 3rd of September, 1917, he joined the army. His service number was 63965.
When he enlisted he was 6 feet 71/4 Inches – which was very tall for his time.
He was in the army training as as medic until the 5th of June, 1918, when he embarked on the ship, Orontes.
In the army he was a medic.
He returned home after the war and continued doing the military program as a medic for the military forces until the 1st of March, 1927, when he was discharged.
In 1920 he married Gertrude Isabel HAHN.
He resumed his job as a baker in Hahndorf until he died in 1978.