TRICKETT, Charles Philip Williams
| Service Number: | NX25620 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 June 1940, Paddington, Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Campsie, New South Wales, Australia, 17 July 1914 |
| Home Town: | Campsie, Canterbury, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney Boys High School |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Tarakan, Malaysia, Tarakan, Borneo, 6 May 1945, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
Labuan War Cemetery Plot 29, Row C, Grave 6, Labuan War Cemetery, Labuan, Malaysia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 12 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Private, NX25620, Australian Army Service Corps, Paddington, Sydney | |
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| 12 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, NX25620, 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 13 Jun 1940: | Transferred Private, 6th Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 Jul 1940: | Promoted Corporal | |
| 22 Nov 1940: | Transferred Corporal, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion | |
| 28 Feb 1941: | Promoted Lance Sergeant, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Dec 1941: | Promoted Lieutenant | |
| 25 Aug 1942: | Promoted Sergeant, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion | |
| 10 May 1944: | Transferred Lieutenant, 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 3 Apr 1945: | Embarked Lieutenant, NX25620, 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion, Embarked from Cairns for Morotai on ship Lindsay M Garrison - went to Tarakan 22.4.45 | |
| 6 May 1945: | Involvement Lieutenant, NX25620, 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Charles Philip Williams TRICKETT was born on 17th July, 1914 in Campsie, Sydney, NSW
His parents were Charles Thompson TRICKETT and Alma Mary WILLIAMS
Charles married Olive Agnes Victoria LAWRENSON in 1940 in Sydney & had one son, Dennis Philip TRICKETT
He enlisted on 12th June 1940 as Private and worked his way up the ranks to Lieutenant - his last Unit was the 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion
He embarked from Cairns, Queensland for Morotai on the ship "Lindsay M Garrison" on 3rd April, 1945 and then proceeded to Tarakan on 22nd April, 1945
Charles was Killed in Action at Tarakan on 6th May, 1945 & is buried in Labuan War Cemetery in Borneo (Plot 29, row C, Grave 6)
The inscription reads:
'TILL THE MORNING BREAKS, AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY"
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial, the Honour Board at the North Shore Gas Company 1939-45 & the Roll of Honour in Burwood, Sydney, NSW
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TRICKETT - May 6th, 1945, Killed in Action
NX25620, Lieutenant Charles Philip Williams Trickett, beloved husband of Olive Agnes & loving daddy of Dennis, of 6 Culdees Rd, Burwood. "Dearly loved"
Beloved son of Charles Thompson Trickett of 32 Beaumont St Campsie & loving brother of Alma & Mary "Supreme sacrifice"
"Fondest memories" "Greatly missed"
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STORY FROM THE 2/23 BATTALION WAR DIARY
Death of NX25620 - Lieutenant Phil TRICKETT
Page from 2/23 Battalion War Diary which records the death in action of Lieutenant Phil Trickett
Lieutenant Phil Trickett was originally taken on strength with the 2/30th at Tamworth on 22nd Nov. 1940. He was transferred out of the Battalion in August, 1941 following attendance at Officer Training School. He then went to the 8th Infantry Training Battalion and was appointed a Lieutenant on 20th Dec. 1941. After postings to various other Training Battalions, he moved to the Specialist Jungle Training Depot in Lawanna, NSW in December, 1942.
On 10th May, 1944 he was posted to 2/23rd Battalion which was headed for New Guinea. They embarked at Cairns on 3rd April, 1945 in the US Transport ship "Lindsay M Garrison" and at Morotai they transferred to various small landing ships for transfer to Tarakan
Lieutentant Trickett was killed in action at Tarakan on 6th May, 1945
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