Russell Seymour TRIGWELL

TRIGWELL, Russell Seymour

Service Number: 415000
Enlisted: 21 June 1941
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: No. 156 Squadron (RAF)
Born: Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia, 2 July 1920
Home Town: Donnybrook, Donnybrook-Balingup, Western Australia
Schooling: Donnybrook state School 1926-34. Perth Technical College, Western Australia 1935-37
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Shot down over Frisian Islands returning from raid, Texel Island, The Netherlands, 3 April 1943, aged 22 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial - Panel 197
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Donnybrook War Memorial, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial
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World War 2 Service

21 Jun 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 415000, No. 4 Initial Training School Victor Harbor
21 Jun 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 415000, No. 156 Squadron (RAF)
27 Jul 1942: Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 415000
3 Apr 1943: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 415000, No. 156 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Lost with the rest of the crew of Lancaster W4894 squadron code GT-T over Texel Island, The Netherlands

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Biography contributed by Graham Padget

Sergeant Russell Seymour Trigwell was the Son of Sydney Seymour Trigwell and Ethel May Trigwell, of Donnybrook, Western Australia.