REED, Percival Francis
| Service Number: | 2611 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 August 1915, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Westport, New Zealand, 11 November 1887 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Blundell’s School in Tiverton, Devon. |
| Occupation: | Wool Classer |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Meteren, France, 24 April 1918, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
Meteren Military Cemetery Grave I. E. 138. |
| Memorials: | Lindisfarne Officers of the 12th Battalion Pictorial Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 21 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2611, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Brisbane | |
| 21 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2611, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2611, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
| 17 Apr 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Warrant Officer Class 2, 2611, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
| 15 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 12th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Percival Francis REED was born on 11th October, 1887 in Westport, New Zealand
His parents were Frank REED & Edith Elizabeth Helen JONES who married in NZ in 1887
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 30 and the son of Frank and Edith E. H. Reed, of Mines Department, Wellington, New Zealand.
The Final Verification Papers completed by his Next of Kin state that he was born in Westport, New Zealand. However, at attestation [where he gave an alias name-Eric Heurtley, he claimed to have been born in Tiverton, Devon. No birth record has been found but he certainly had Devon connections in that he was educated at Blundell’s School in Tiverton.
He is remembered on the Blundell’s School War Memorial n Tiverton.
He was awarded the Military Cross.
Biography
Enlisted in the AIF in Brisbane as Eric Heurtley after having earlier that day deserted from his ship the HMAS Warrego - His Attestation Paper and Service Record (recordsearch.naa.gov.au) was later amended when being Commissioned and receiving a King's Pardon for Desertion - At which time he made a sworn declaration that his full name was Percival Francis Heurtley REED
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