TROLLOPE, Lumley Francis
| Service Number: | 6423 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 September 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 4th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, September 1894 |
| Home Town: | Warrnambool, Warrnambool, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Warrnambool State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Fitter & Turner |
| Died: | Shell wounds to the abdomen, right arm and hip, 8th Casualty Clearing Station,France, 8 June 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord Plot 11, Row B, Grave 162 Rev. Anthony Fenn officiated Headstone inscription reads: Dearly loved and sadly missed my hero son good-night mother, Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord), Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Warrnambool Soldiers' Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 6423, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Melbourne | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement Bombardier, 6423, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked Bombardier, 6423, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 9 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, In the field | |
| 28 May 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 6423, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Shell wounds to the abdomen, right arm and hip Died at 6.50pm | |
| 8 Jun 1916: | Involvement Corporal, 6423, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6423 awm_unit: 4th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-06-08 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Edward Frederick Trollope and Isabel Mary Jane Trollope of 54 Ryot Street, Warrnambool previously of 'The Myrtles; Timor Street, Warrnambool
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Previous military experience was as a Sergeant with the 46th Field Artillery
Prior to enlisting he was emplyed byt Webb Bros Engineers of Warrnambool
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From AWM
6423 Corporal (Cpl) Lumley Francis Trollope, Australian Field Artillery Brigade (FAB) from Warrnambool, Victoria. A 21 year old fitter and turner prior to enlisting on 13 September 1915, he embarked for overseas with the 10th Battery, 4th FAB from Melbourne on 18 November 1915 aboard HMAT Wiltshire. After arriving in France, he joined the 10th Battery at Bailleul where he was wounded in action on 28 May 1916 and died of his wounds on 8 June 1916. He is buried in the Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Cpl Trollope was a distant relation of the novelist Anthony Trollope.
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