Llewellyn Gilbert TRUSCOTT

Regimental number3472
Place of birthHamilton, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiner
AddressWomerah Avenue, Darlinghurst, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation33
Height5' 6"
Weight144 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Grace Agnes Truscott, Horse Shoe Hotel, Carlton, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date8 January 1917
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name53rd Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/70/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 24 January 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll53rd Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 15 January 1919
Discharge date5 April 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Sydney, 24 January 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 27 March 1917. and marched in to 14th Training Bn, Hurdcott.

Proceeded overseas to France, 6 August 1917; taken on strength, 53rd Bn, in the field, 26 October 1917.

On leave to the United Kingdom, 15 March 1918; rejoined Bn from leave, 4 April 1918.

Wounded in action, 29 July 1918; remained at duty.

Wounded in action (second occasion), 30 September 1918 (gun shot wound, face), and admitted to 132nd Field Ambulance; transferred same day to 12th Casualty Clearing Station; to Ambulance Train No 38, 1 October 1918, and admitted to 73rd General Hospital, Trouville, 2 October 1918; transferred to England, 15 October 1918, and admitted to 1st War Hospital, Birmingham (Rednal Section), 16 October 1918. Transferred to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 18 November 1918; discharged on furlough, 20 November 1918, to report to No 1 command Depot, Sutton Veny.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'City of Exeter' (facial wound: severe), 15 January 1919; discharged (medically unfit), Sydney, 5 April 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, TRUSCOTT Llewellyn Gilbert