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TROUSSELOT, Henry Edward
(Service number N/N)

Aliases	Known as Harry
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Birth

Date	29 October 1883	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age	32 years 3 months
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Fire-fighter
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Married
Next of Kin	Edith TROUSSELOT (wife), Hyde, 4 Allen Street, East Brunswick, Melbourne
Religion	Church of England
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Military Service

Served with	Australian Imperial Force	Served in	Army
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Death

Date	18 April 1957	Age	73 years
Place of Death	Launceston, Tasmania
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Biographical Notes

Henry Edward Trousselot, known as Harry, was born on 29 October 1883 at Timaru. Harry’s early education was at Timaru Main School before the family left the district in March 1891. He enlisted with the Australian Imperial Force in Victoria, Australia, a fire-fighter, 32 years 3 months old. His next-of-kin was his wife, Edith Trousselot, Hyde, 4 Allen Street, East Brunswick, Melbourne. Edith died in 1923. He had married Edith Lankey in 1911 in Victoria, Australia. On 28 October 1915 he had applied for a commission in the Mining Corps. He was 31 years 11 months old, married, and of Church of England affiliation. He had been the Chief Officer of the Fire Brigade.

On 27 December 1924, in Tasmania, Henry married Emily May Self (née Ward), a war widow. He married twice more, after each wife had died. Henry Edward Trousselot enlisted with the Australian Forces for World War II also. He died on 18 April 1957 at Launceston, Tasmania, aged 73 years. He was survived by his wife and two children of his first marriage.

Sources

NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [15 April 2020]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [15 April 2020]; Australia Marriage indexes [20 April 2020]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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