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Basil Claude TRURAN

Regimental number4016
Date of birth1897
Place of birthNorwood, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Address160 Forrest Street, East Fremantle, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, S Truran, 160 Forrest Street, East Fremantle, Western Australia
Enlistment date24 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll18 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A31 Ajana on 22 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Divisional Sanitary Company
FateReturned to Australia 7 May 1919
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 488 Pte Herbert Spencer TRURAN, 14th Australian General Hospital, returned to Australia, 18 October 1918; 3607 Sapper Victor Stanley TRURAN, 2nd Tunnelling Company, returned to Australia, 23 July 1919; 2713 Pte William Howard TRURAN, Australian Army Medical Corps, returned to Australia, 5 February 1919; Second Cousin: 4247 Pte Clement Hillman TRURAN, 53rd Bn, returned to Australia, 10 December 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in World War II: enlisted, Mosman's Park, Western Australia, 13 December 1940; discharged, 5 September 1945, as Private, Signals Reinforcements.

Date of death incorrectly stated to be 9 July 1903 on WWII Nominal Roll.
Date of death1973

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