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TROTTER, Hilton Ogle
Personal Details
| Service Number: | NX46362 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Taree, New South Wales, Australia, 4 June 1912 |
| Home Town: | Kempsey, Kempsey, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Taree High School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Teacher |
| Died: | Accidental, Japan, 16 August 1944, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
Yokohama War Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Taree Honour Rolls |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, NX46362 | |
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| 8 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, NX46362, 2nd/20th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
Help us honour Hilton Ogle Trotter's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Graham Prior
The story of Hilton's accidental death, while a POW is well documented in Don Wall's "Singapore and Beyond" a history of the 2/20 Battalion.
Hilton Trotter Place, Kempsey is named for him
STREETS OF HONOUR - The Macleay Valley's Tribute to its silent heroes
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