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PELLAS, Percival
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 719 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 August 1914, Castlemaine, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Harcourt, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Harcourt, Mount Alexander, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Orchardist |
| Died: | Harcourt, Victoria, Australia, 1 March 1958, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Harcourt General Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Harcourt Methodist Church Sunday School Roll of Honour, Harcourt War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 21 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 719, 7th Infantry Battalion, Castlemaine, Vic. | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 719, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 719, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 719, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 8 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 719, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW to thigh sustained at Krithia. Evacuated to Egypt. Rejoined unit 25 July 1915. | |
| 26 Aug 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 719, 7th Infantry Battalion, Returned to Australia 3 January 1916. Discharged as medically unfit (rheumatism). |
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Brothers:
4263 Sergeant Herbert Frank PELLAS, 46th Bn, killed in action, 1 October 1917;
6065 Pte Ivan Otto Theodore PELLAS, 37th Bn, killed in action, 12 August 1918.
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