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TREWICK, Roger

Service Numbers:	252, 2723
Enlisted:	26 April 1902, 6th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Elmore, Victoria, Australia, 1882
Home Town:	Elmore, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, 3 May 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial , Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Finley War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

Boer War Service

26 Apr 1902:	Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 252, 6th Australian Commonwealth Horse, Victoria
31 Oct 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 252, Embarked for SA (date unknown) however war finished before he arrived. RTA and discharged 6 months later.

World War 1 Service

9 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2723, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Private
18 Sep 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2723, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karroo embarkation_ship_number: A10 public_note: ''
3 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2723, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), KIA at 2nd Bullecourt

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