TRIGG, Robert John
| Service Number: | 2429 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 29th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, January 1890 |
| Home Town: | Alberton, Wellington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Dennington State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | GSW knee, arm & cheek, 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England , United Kingdom, 29 December 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Cambridge City Cemetery, United Kingdom Row C, Grave 3559, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Woodford-Bushfield War Memorial, Yarram WW1 War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2429, 29th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 14 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 2429, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 2429, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne | |
| 29 Dec 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 2429, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2429 awm_unit: 29th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-12-29 |
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Died on this date - 29th December.......Sergeant Robert John Trigg was born at Warrnambool, Victoria in 1890. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 21st August, 1915 as a 26 year old Farmer.
Private Trigg arrived at Suez on 15th April, 1916. He was promoted to Corporal on 31st May, 1916 then proceeded from Alexandria on 5th June, 1916 for England. He reverted to the rank of Private on 17th July, 1916.
Private Trigg was attached to School of Instruction at Tidworth, Wiltshire for Duty on 29th July, 1916. He was appointed Corporal on 6th October, 1916 & was appointed Acting Sergeant on 24th January, 1917. He proceeded to France & reverted to the rank of Corporal on arriving in France on 14th March, 1917.
Corporal Trigg was promoted to Sergeant on 30th August, 1917. He was wounded in action on 22nd October, 1917 with gunshot wounds to knee, arm & cheek. He was invalided to England & admitted to 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire on 29th October, 1917.
Sergeant Robert John Trigg died on morning of 29th December, 1917 at 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. He was buried on 2nd January, 1918 in Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridge where 22 other Australian WW1 Soldiers are buried.
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