Edward Corin Tregoning

Submitted by Mt Kembla Minin... on Wed, 28/09/2016 - 15:09

First Name:

Edward

Middle Name:

Corin

Last Name:

Tregoning

Date of Birth:

Monday, May 2, 1892

Mother's Name:

Grace Tregoning nee Reed

Father's Name:

Thomas Tregoning

Date Enlisted:

Wednesday, February 10, 1915

Rank at Enlistment:

Private

Rank at Discharge:

Private

Unit:

18th Battalion

Company:

Service:

Infantry

Awards:

1914/1915 Star

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Date of Death:

Monday, March 10, 1952

Place of Death:

Botany, N.S.W.

Details:

Edward Tregoning (Service No 1282) was single, 22 years old, worked as a miner and lived in Woonona, N.S.W.

He embarked on HMAT A40 Ceramic with 18th Battalion, D Company, on 25th June 1915. On arrival in Egypt, the battalion was sent to Gallipoli, Turkey on 22nd August 1915.

The battalion was prominent in the Battle of Hill 60, suffering severe casualties. On 27th August, Edward was wounded in action during the battle. He was evacuated to Malta, and then England, for treatment of a gun shot wound to his right leg.

Edward returned to his unit in France on 24th March 1916, but was admitted to hospital five days later. He was under observation for diptheria, and eventually invalided to hospital in England, on 9th June 1916.

Edward returned to Australia in March 1917, and discharged medically unfit, due to his leg wound, on 29th June 1917.

On 30th June 1917, he was granted a pension of three pounds per week.

Edward married Jessie Dobbie in Wollongong, N.S.W., on 19th January 1919, and they had 5 children.

Edward died at Botany, N.S.W. in 1952.

Sources:

NAA: B2455, TREGONING EDWARD CORIN