Percy William GERATY

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GERATY, Percy William

Service Number:	74
Enlisted:	1 December 1915, Armidale, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	9th Light Trench Mortar Battery
Born:	Cargo, New South Wales, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Armidale, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motor Driver
Died:	Killed in Action, Armentieres, France, 23 December 1916, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Armidale Memorial Fountain, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bimbi War Memorial, Grenfell Great War Memorial

World War 1 Service

1 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Armidale, New South Wales
4 May 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 74, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
4 May 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 74, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney
23 Dec 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 74, 9th Light Trench Mortar Battery, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 74 awm_unit: 9th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-12-23

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Biography

Cemetery details: Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France

"74 Corporal Percy William Geraty, A Company, 33rd Battalion, of Cargo, NSW. A motor driver prior enlistment he embarked from Sydney on board HMAT Marathon on 4 May 1916. Cpl Geraty transferred to the 9th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery; he was killed in action in Armentieres, France on 23 December 1916, aged 23." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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