TREVETHAN, Hercules
| Service Numbers: | 125, 1948 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 January 1917 |
| Last Rank: | First Class Air Mechanic |
| Last Unit: | Australian Flying Corps (AFC) |
| Born: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 19 September 1877 |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engineer, Motor Mechanic |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 14 February 1955, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 125 | |
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| 14 Mar 1901: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB notes promoted to Sergeant 14 Mar 1901. | |
| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 125, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901. | |
| 23 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 125, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902. |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1948, Australian Flying Corps (AFC) | |
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| 4 Aug 1917: | Involvement 1948, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Aug 1917: | Embarked 1948, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 11 Jan 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Class Air Mechanic, Australian Flying Corps (AFC) | |
| 1 Jun 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, First Class Air Mechanic, Australian Flying Corps (AFC) | |
| 31 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, First Class Air Mechanic, 1948, Australian Flying Corps (AFC) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Hercules Trevethan was born Elihu Hercules Trevethan on 19 Sep 1877 at Toowoomba, Queensland, a son to Thomas Trevethan and Isabella Trevethan (nee McPherson). He married Ethel Maude Millicent Atthow on 29 Mar 1906 at Eagle Junction- Brisbane, Queensland and they had 1 child.
He served in both the South African (Boer) War and WW1. First service was as a Sergeant S.N. 125 in the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. Second service was as a Air Mechanic 2nd Class (rising to 1st Class) in the Australian Flying Corps AIF, WW1.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 512; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record).
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