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TRIGWELL, Russell Seymour
Personal Details
Service Number: | 415000 |
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Enlisted: | 21 June 1941 |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 156 Squadron (RAF) |
Born: | Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia, 2 July 1920 |
Home Town: | Donnybrook, Donnybrook-Balingup, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Donnybrook state School 1926-34. Perth Technical College, Western Australia 1935-37 |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Shot down over Frisian Islands returning from raid, Texel Island, The Netherlands, 3 April 1943, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial - Panel 197 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Donnybrook War Memorial, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
21 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 415000, No. 4 Initial Training School Victor Harbor | |
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21 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 415000, No. 156 Squadron (RAF) | |
27 Jul 1942: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 415000 | |
3 Apr 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 415000, No. 156 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Lost with the rest of the crew of Lancaster W4894 squadron code GT-T over Texel Island, The Netherlands |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Graham Padget
Sergeant Russell Seymour Trigwell was the Son of Sydney Seymour Trigwell and Ethel May Trigwell, of Donnybrook, Western Australia.