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TROTT, Albert James
(Service number 17017)

Aliases
First Rank	Sapper	Last Rank	Sapper

Birth

Date	23/12/1886	Place of Birth	Christchurch

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Waihao Forks, Waimate
Occupation	Sheep farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	George TROTT (father), Waimate, South Canterbury
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	17th Reinforcements, Divisional Signallers
Date	25 September 1916
Transport	Devon
Embarked From		Destination	Devonport, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Engineers

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Farm worker

Death

Date	19 May 1961	Age	74 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 123, Plot 2
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Albert James Trott was the son of George and Mary Ann (née Ferrick) Trott.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [30 December 2016]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [03 January 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [30 December 2016]

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