Percy Charles POINTON

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Service Number:	865
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	11th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Kilcoy, Queensland, Australia, 24 April 1888
Home Town:	Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Manager.
Died:	Gympie,Queensland, Australia, 12 October 1967, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Gympie Cemetery, Qld
Memorials:	Goomeri & District Roll of Honour WW1, Kilkivan Shire of Kilkivan Great War Roll of Honor

20 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 865, 11th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
20 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 865, 11th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Shropshire, Sydney
17 Jul 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 11th Light Horse Regiment
17 Jul 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 865, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Gunshot Wound to the head
16 Nov 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 11th Light Horse Regiment

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