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TROWBRIDGE, Reginald Frank
| Service Number: | 5081 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 March 1916, Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bournemouth, England, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Thebarton (Southwark), City of West Torrens, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Electricical Engineer Apprentice |
| Died: | Tuberculosis, Myrtlebank, South Australia, 13 April 1927 |
| Cemetery: |
AIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia Section: LO, Road: 9S, Site No: 15 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5081, 27th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide | |
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| 24 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5081, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Bulla embarkation_ship_number: A45 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5081, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Bulla, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5081 | |
| 3 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5081, 27th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Reginald Frank TROWBRIDGE was born in Bournemouth, England in 1897
His parents were Frank TROWBRIDGE & Eva Sophia CRAWLEY who married in England in 1893
The family came to South Australia on 13th March, 1913 on the ship Orsova
He enlisted in Adelaide on 13th March, 1916 and embarked with the 27th Infantry Battalion, 13th reinforcements on 24th June, 1916 on the HMAT Bulla - he returned to Australia on 25th March, 1919 and was discharged on 3rd August, 1919 and died of Tuberclulosis on 13th April, 1927 at Myrtlebank, SA and is buried in the AIF Cemetery, West Terrace, Adelaide
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His Brother Wilfrid TROWBRIDGE served in both WW1 (SN 2760) and WW2 (SN 122395) & returned to Australia - died 25th December, 1975 in Adelaide SA
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