Wilfrid TROWBRIDGE

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Service Numbers:	7560, 122395
Enlisted:	21 August 1917, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots
Born:	Pokesdown, Bournemouth, England, 3 April 1900
Home Town:	Thebarton (Southwark), City of West Torrens, South Australia
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Driver
Died:	Natural causes, Adelaide, South Australia, 25 December 1975, aged 75 years
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
Memorials:

21 Aug 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7560, Adelaide, South Australia
30 Oct 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 7560, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne
30 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 7560, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
4 Jul 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7560, 10th Infantry Battalion, Le Hamel - Blueprint for Victory
7 Oct 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Mobile Veterinary Section
10 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7560, 4th Mobile Veterinary Section

23 Feb 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 122395, Adelaide, South Australia
24 Feb 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 122395
28 Sep 1945:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 122395, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots

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Wilfrid TROWBRIDGE was born on 3rd April, 1900 in Pokesdown, Bournemouth, England

His parents were Frank TROWBRIDGE & Eva Sophia CRAWLEY who married in England in 1893

The family arrived in Adelaide on 13th March, 1913 on the ship Orsova

Wilfrid served in both WW1 and WW2 & his brother Reginald Frank TROWBRIDGE (SN 5081) served during WW1 in the Australian Army