Colin Joseph (Joe) TROUT

TROUT, Colin Joseph

Service Numbers: SX23998 S20169, 437888
Enlisted: 30 July 1940, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank: Flying Officer
Last Unit: No. 1 Operational Training Unit (RAAF) Nhill, Bairnsdale, East Sale
Born: Glenelg, SA, 12 August 1914
Home Town: Glenelg, Holdfast Bay, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Mixed Business
Died: Illness, Heidelberg Military Hospital, Melbourne, 5 December 1944, aged 30 years
Cemetery: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria
1.S.C.12.
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glenelg St Michael's War Chapel WW2 Honour Roll, Glenelg and District WW1 & WW2 Honour Board
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World War 2 Service

30 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, SX23998 S20169, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, SA
3 Apr 1943: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 437888, No. 1 Operational Training Unit (RAAF) Nhill, Bairnsdale, East Sale, Adelaide, SA

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of John Percival Victor and Hilda Trout, of Glenelg, South Australia; husband of Hazel Francis Trout, of Glenelg.

Word has been received by Mr. and Mrs. Vic Trout and Mrs C.J. Trout of Waterloo street, Glenelg, that their youngest son and husband, PO Colin Joseph (Joe) Trout, died at Heidelberg Military Hosptial, Vic. on Tuesday.  He was a sergeant in the 2/27th AIF, and on his return joined an RAAF air crew.  He was one of three RAAF brothers, Max, presumed killed over Germany, and Jack, now on leave from New Guinea.  He married Miss Hazel Tame, of Adelaide, two years ago.

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