SANDS, Percy
Service Number: | 2971 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Not yet discovered |
Home Town: | Blayney, Blayney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Died of wounds, France, 11 April 1917, age not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Grave: O. VIII. L. 3. INSCRIPTION THY WILL BE DONE , St Sever Cemetery Extension, Haute-Normandie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
30 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2971, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
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30 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2971, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 32 and the son of Richard and Elizabeth Ami Sands. His CWGC record states he was a Native of Hayes, Kent, England. However, no birth record exists for a Percy Sands in Hayes, but the Croydon registration district at the time included Penge which is close by Hayes.
Births Dec 1886 SANDS Percy Harry Croydon 2a 260
He is commemorated on the Hayes, Kent war memorial together with another Australian casualty, Private Benjamin Potter
INSCRIPTION-on his war grave
THY WILL BE DONE