Regimental number | 3629 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Long Gully, Bendigo, Victoria |
Place of birth | Bendigo, Victoria |
School | State School, Bendigo, Victoria |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Letter carrier |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Height | 5' 7" |
Weight | 160 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Mary J Truscott, 36 Casley Street, Long Gully, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served as Sergeant with Citizen Military Forces, Bendigo, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Bendigo, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Acting Sergeant |
Unit name | 21st Battalion, 8th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/38/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 21st Battalion |
Fate | Died of disease |
Place of death or wounding | France |
Age at death | 22.11 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 22 |
Place of burial | Etaples Military Cemetery (Plot XX, Row F, Grave No. 6), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 171 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Joseph Grigg and Mary Jane TRUSCOTT, 36 Casley Street, Long Gully, Bendigo, Victoria |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Taken on strength, 60th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 26 February 1916. Reverted to the ranks, 5 March 1916. Promoted Sergeant, Ferry Post, 25 March 1916. Admitted to 8th Field Ambulance, 1 May 1916 (influenza); discharged to unit, and rejoined unit, Duntroon Plateau, 5 May 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Temporarily detached to School of Instruction, 10 July 1916; rejoined unit, in the field, 15 July 1916. Admitted to St John Ambulance Brigade Hospital, Etaples, 2 December 1916 (trench foot). Died of disease, 7.15 am, 9 December 1916 (trench foot and septic pneumonia). Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, TRUSCOTT Victor Joseph |