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LOADER, Percy
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 82, R82 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Dublin, Ireland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer, Seafarer (4 years Merchant Service) , 12 years Army Engineers UK, |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, Departement de la Somme, Hauts France, 3 August 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial Recorded as having been buried 'near the Front line' Copse Avenue Pozieres |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, St Peters Heroes of the Great War Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 19 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 82, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 82, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 82, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 8 Jun 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 82, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Admitted to Hospital Cairo - GSW (General Shrapnel Wound) wrist. Returned to Australia | |
| 11 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, R82, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 26 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 50th Infantry Battalion, Returned to Egypt from Australia 'Doubling the AIF' 10th Bn split to create the 50th | |
| 2 Jun 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Pioneer Battalion | |
| 3 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 82, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Killed in action - eyewitness recalls he was decapitated by shellfire and was buried near Copse Avenue Pozieres |
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Listed on Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour as Percy Augustus Loader
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