FULTON, Percy
| Service Number: | 3236 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Goulburn, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Dairyman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 30 September 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France, Tincourt New British Cemetery, Tincourt, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Broken Hill War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3236, 32nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 27 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3236, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Malakuta embarkation_ship_number: A57 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3236, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge | |
| 30 Sep 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3236, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3236 awm_unit: 43rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-09-30 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Al Staunton
Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW : 1888 - 1954), Friday 24 January 1919, page 2
PRIVATE PERCY FULTON.
Mr. J. Robinson, of Fulton and Robinson, dairymen, West Broken Hill, has received the following letter regarding the death of Private; Percy Fulton, who was killed in action during the last big offensive of the Allies in France:—
France, November 12th, 1918. Just a few lines to inform you of your 'cobber's' death. I came from Australia with Private Fulton, so I thought it my duty to let you know something of his death. Poor Percy was killed while attacking the Hindenburg line ; he was alongside one of our sergeants just as we entered the line A 5.9 shell burst right alongside them, killing them both straight out. Percy had his hands in his pockets and a smile on when he was buried. The piece of shell which caught Percy was as large as a man's hand ; it caught him fair on the top of his head, so you can guess ho did not suffer at all. I may mention that our casualties were very heavy in that particular stunt. Percy wsa always regarded as being one f£ the best soldiers in our battalion. Up to the last he did not know what fear was. His death wsa felt very much by the officers and men of his unit. He was buried some five hours later, close to where he was killed; the grave was marked, and by this time there should be a cross erected. I close with deepest sympathy from myself and officers and men of his unit.—Yours, etc., 3214 Private C. T. Clark, A Company, 43rd Battalion, A.I.F."
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article45469760
Biography contributed by Al Staunton
Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW : 1888 - 1954), Wednesday 31 October 1917, page 2
PRIVATE P. FULTON WOUNDED.
News has been received in Broken Hill that Private P. Fulton has been wounded in action in France, where he has been serving with the A.I.F. for some considerable time. Before enlist- ing Private Fulton was interested in the dairying business of Fulton and Robinson, at West Broken Hill.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article45408356
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