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TROTTER, William Maurice
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | VX32313, NX32313 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/1st Field Regiment |
| Born: | Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia, 14 July 1918 |
| Home Town: | Natimuk, Horsham, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Unemployed |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Highton, Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 8 July 1994, aged 75 years |
| Cemetery: |
Barrabool Hills Cemetery, Victoria Highton Lawn Cemetery Plot GA 808-06 |
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World War 2 Service
| 14 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX32313 | |
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| 26 Nov 1940: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Gunner, 2nd/8th Field Regiment | |
| 5 Feb 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Gunner, VX32313, 2nd/8th Field Regiment, Melbourne, MX-3 | |
| 29 Mar 1941: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Gunner, 2nd/1st Field Regiment | |
| 10 Apr 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Gunner, NX32313, 2nd/1st Field Regiment, To Greece | |
| 2 May 1941: | Wounded Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Gunner, NX32313, 2nd/1st Field Regiment, "Operation Lustre" Greece 1941, Evacuated to 2nd Australian General Hospital | |
| 22 Dec 1941: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Gunner, Artillery Details , Posted to Artillery Training Regiment Middle East till December 1941 , then to the School of Artillery Middle East till 2nd April 1942 | |
| 2 Apr 1942: | Embarked VX32313, Artillery Details , Embarked for Melbourne with Unit on MV Flex Round for Fremantle | |
| 6 Oct 1942: | Wounded Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Gunner, VX32313, General Hospitals - WW2, Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces, Evacuated to 115th AGH Caulfield for treatment and Convalescence at Horsham Base Hospital NOK | |
| 6 Jun 1943: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Gunner, VX32313, Royal Australian Army Service Corps, Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces, Posted to Bonegillia for training | |
| 4 Nov 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Gunner, VX32313, 2nd/1st Field Regiment, Posted to Caulfield General Hospital for Medical Discharge Class D | |
| 17 Dec 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX32313 |
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