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Paul Henry Trimble

(Confirmed)

Born: 1 January, 1897

Died: 11 August, 1942

Biographical Summary:

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.

Recorded Names:

• Paul Henry Trimble

Service Number:

Ranks:

• Held rank of Private

Birth Records:

• 1 January, 1897 in Marrickville, NSW, Australia

Death Records:

• 11 August, 1942 in Baguio

Life Events:

• Embarked from Sydney on the HMAT

Address:

• 7 Heydon Street Mosman NSW Australia

Relationships:

• father - Alexander Trimble
• mother - Ellen Hole
• wife - Hazel Drewe Osborn

Organisations:

• Member of - 1st Battalion, AIF

Main Sources:

• Cpl P H Trimble (Photograph)
• First World War Embarkation Rolls Paul Henry Trimble (Webpage)
• Cpl PH 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 TRIMBLEOSBORN (Newspaper Article)

Commemorations:

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