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Born: 1 January 1897

Died: 11 August 1942

Cpl Paul Henry Trimble No. 1710 4 R 1st Bn

Birth: 1897 Marrickville
Died: 11 August 1942 POW (civilian) Camp Holmes Baguio Philippines.

Paul Henry Trimble enlisted 17/3/1915 when he was 18 years 2 months. He was a bank clerk, next of kin father Alexander Trimble 7 Heydon St, Mosman. He had had 4 years in the Cadets and had previously been knocked back for military service on the grounds of insufficient chest measurement.

5' 8 1/2", 124 lbs, chest 28" - 30 1/2", complexion (sallow) fresh, blue eyes, black hair, C of E.
8/8/1915 wounded gun shot wound to thigh and right foot, bomb wound left ?arm. Wounded at Lone Pine he was described as dangerously ill.
29/8/1915 sent to Malta per "Neuralia", then to England per "Italia".
4/10/1915 admitted to No 3 Western General Hospital Cardiff.
8/5/1916 "Themistocles" from England.
18/9/1916 discharged.

Taken prisoner by the Japanese in WWII. He died while a POW.

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Name recorded

• Paul Henry Trimble

Service number

• Service number

Rank

• Held rank of Private

Birth record

• 1897 in Marrickville, NSW, Australia

Death record

• 11 August 1942 in Baguio, Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines

Life event

• Embarked from Sydney on the HMAT

Address

• 7 Heydon Street, Mosman, NSW, Australia

Relationships

• Father - Alexander Trimble
• Mother - Ellen Hole
• Wife - Hazel Drewe Osborn

Organisation

• 1st Battalion, AIF

Main sources

• Cpl. P. H. Trimble (photograph)
• First World War Embarkation Rolls - Paul Henry Trimble (webpage)
• Cpl. P.H. Trimble on Flickr: Geraldine Walsh's notes (webpage)
• TRIMBLE Paul Henry : Service Number - 1710 1869 : Place of Birth - Marrickville NSW : Place of Enlistment - Liverpool NSW : Next of Kin - (Father) TRIMBLE Alex (NAA file)
• Welfare enquiries - Trimble, Paul H (deceased), wife and two daughters - Osborne, Mrs [5 pages] [relates to death as prisoner of war in the Philippines] (NAA file)
• NEW SOUTH WALES. WOUNDED. (newspaper article)
• HEROES OF THE DARDANELLES. PERSONAL NOTES. (newspaper article)
• NEW SOUTH WALES. DISEMBARKED AT MALTA. (newspaper article)
• MEN OF THE DARDANELLES. PRIVATE PAUL H. TRIMBLE. (newspaper article)
• WEDDING BELLS. TRIMBLE-OSBORN. (newspaper article)

Commemorations

• TRIMBLE P. H. on the North Face of the Mosman War Memorial
• Trimble, P. on the Mosman Public School Roll of Honour
• Trimble, P.H. on the St Luke's Anglican Church Mosman memorial panels