TRUDGEN, Stephen Henry
| Service Number: | 3929 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Collingwood, Victoria, Australia, 1881 |
| Home Town: | Northcote, Darebin, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Gold Street State School, Clifton Hill, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Marble polisher |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 1 September 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Heilly Station Cemetery Plot VII, Row B, Grave No. 51. IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY BELOVED SON |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3929, 21st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 8 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 3929, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 3929, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Melbourne |
Stephen Henry TRUDGEN
In France with 21 Battalion in March 1916. In hospital with infection February 1917. On leave in England September, 1917. Returned to France October 1917. Wounded in Action 23 July 1918 s a result of a gas bombardment at Villers-Bretonneux overnight of 22/23 July. The whole battalion affected by mustard gas. Wounded a second time with gun-shot to abdomen during battalion attack towards Mont St. Quentin on 1 September, 1918, and the eventual taking of Peronne. Battalion came under heavy machine gun fire from the Mont. Casevaced to 20th Casualty Clearing Station at Heilly Station (Mericourt L'Abbe-Heilly-sur-Ancre). Died of Wounds the same day and buried at the hospital cemetery. He was aged 38 years.
Submitted 29 August 2017 by Ian Gully