The Soldier's Details

Surname:
Trigwell
First Name:
Harold Hamilton
Rank:
Pte
Regimental #:
WX4096
Company:
D Coy 2/3rd MGB
Enlisted:
15.06.1940
Discharged:
1.02.1946
DOB:
12.07.1917
Place of Birth:
Donnybrook WA
Father's Name:
Trigwell Alfred
Mothers's Name:
Trigwell, Mary Jane known as 'Tot'
Religion:
C of E
Pre-war Occupation:
Farm Labourer
POW#:
6862, 38962 Thailand.

General Description

Review WX4096 Harold Trigwell‘s military records held at NAA.

Harold was a POW when recovered from Siam at the end of the war.

 

Trigwell family, 1940

Back L to R; Merle, Vern (known to friends as Sid) Harold, Eunice Front L to R; Wal, Tot, Ossie, Alf, Irwin.

 

Hi brother Vernon Chapman Trigwell joined 2/4th MG Battalion.  Vern perished in South China Sea 14 Sep 1944 when his transport ship ‘Rakuyo’ Maru was sunk by US submarines.  Read further about Vern Trigwell.
Harold Trigwell died Subiaco 15 April 1974 aged 56 years.
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