Percy Edward NUTTALL MC, MID

NUTTALL, Percy Edward

    Service Number: 611
    Enlisted: 26 August 1914, Morphetville, SA
    Last Rank: Lieutenant
    Last Unit: 50th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Kyneton, Victoria, Australia, 14 April 1888
    Home Town: Kyneton, Macedon Ranges, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Window dresser
    Died: 8 August 1966, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
    Memorials: Kyneton Honour Roll
    Show Relationships

    World War 1 Service

    26 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 611, 10th Infantry Battalion, Morphetville, SA
    20 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 611, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide
    20 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 611, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
    25 Apr 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 611, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW to left foot. Evacuated to Egypt. Rejoined unit 31 May 1915.
    25 Jul 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 10th Infantry Battalion, Gallipoli
    26 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 50th Infantry Battalion, Egypt
    1 Mar 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 50th Infantry Battalion, Egypt
    1 Apr 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 50th Infantry Battalion, Egypt
    6 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 611, 50th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm, Later awarded the Italian Bronze Medal for Valour for his actions at Mouquet Farm.
    10 Sep 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 611, 50th Infantry Battalion, Perforated ear drum and shell shock. Evacuated to UK. Rejoined unit 18 January 1918.
    1 Jun 1917: Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Mouquet Farm
    19 Dec 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 50th Infantry Battalion, England
    25 Apr 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 50th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux, GSW to left thigh (fractured). Evacuated to UK. Never rejoined unit.
    14 May 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 50th Infantry Battalion, France
    18 Jun 1918: Honoured Military Cross, Villers-Bretonneux, 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. This officer led his platoon in a night attack on a nest of machine guns in the edge of a wood, five being captured. When the objective was reached, he was the only officer left with the company. He took charge and reorganized it, his example under heavy fire cheering and inspiring the men. The next day he discovered a party of the enemy with a machine gun forming up in some low ground. Getting a Lewis gun, he fired it himself, causing thirty casualties, and scattering them. Later, he inflicted a further fifteen casualties on the same party crossing a ridge. He was eventually wounded himself. He did splendid service.'
    1 Oct 1920: Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 611, 50th Infantry Battalion, RTA 13 December 1918 and appointment terminated.
    Date unknown: Wounded 611, 50th Infantry Battalion

    Help us honour Percy Edward Nuttall's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

    Showing 2 of 2 images.
    Click images to start slideshow.

    Links and Documents