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Spr. Richard Trembath
Australian Army 1st Tunnelling Company
from:Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
22 year old Richard Trembath, a miner from Charters Towers, had lost both his parents before he enlisted, so named his brother Albert William 'Bertie' Trembath as his next of kin when he enlisted on Oct 31, 1916. After basic training at Enoggera, he spent time in Victoria receiving further instruction before being transferred to the February Reinforcement Tunnelling Companies.
Sapper Richard Trembath embarked from Melbourne, Vic on May 11, 1917 aboard the transport HMAT A9 Shropshire as one of 168 Tunnellers bound for Active Service. During the voyage the ship stopped at Durban and Capetown and after seventy days at sea terminated at Plymouth, England on July 19, 1917. The troops were detrained to Tidworth. The next day they marched in to Parkhouse Camp for preparative training for the Front. Richard spent the next two years in military service, joining the 1st Australian Tunnelling Company just weeks after the events at Hill 60.
A.I.F. Headquarters advised Sapper Trembath of his return to Australia departing aboard H.T. Boorara on July 6, 1919. Next-of-kin were notified on July 31, 1919 of his impending return. He disembarked in the 3 Military District (Vic) on August 26, 1919 and returned to the 1 M.D. (Qld) for discharge on September 28, 1919. In 1920 Richard Trembath married Clara Louisa Mitchell. Sapper 6955 Richard Trembath of 1 Tunnelling Company was awarded the British War Medal (29037) and the Victory Medal (27751) for his service to his Country. A Statement of his Service was sent to the Repatriation Department on September 22, 1937. The name R. Trembath appears in column 5 on the Charters Towers Methodist Circuit Honour Board 1914-1919. This board is now in the Charters Towers Folk Museum (formerly Zara Clark Museum).
