Percival Cook NAYLER

NAYLER, Percival Cook

Service Number: 2236
Enlisted: 16 July 1915, Broadmeadows, Vic.
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 59th Infantry Battalion
Born: Koroit, Victoria, Australia, 26 June 1895
Home Town: Koroit, Moyne, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Draper
Died: Natural Causes, Whittington, Victoria, Australia, 15 August 1994, aged 99 years
Cemetery: Tower Hill (Koroit) Civil Cemetery, Victoria
Memorials: Koroit Fire Brigade Honor Roll
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World War 1 Service

16 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2236, 57th Infantry Battalion, Broadmeadows, Vic.
1 Aug 1916: Involvement Private, 2236, 57th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
1 Aug 1916: Embarked Private, 2236, 57th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne
23 Mar 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion, France
29 Jul 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, Australian Corps School (AIF), France
6 Apr 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 59th Infantry Battalion, France
25 Apr 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2236, 59th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux, GSW to back & gassed. Evacuated to UK. Never rejoined unit.
9 Feb 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2236, 59th Infantry Battalion, RTA 20 October 1918 and discharged as MU (wounds).

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of John Andrew NAYLER and Elizabeth Ann nee COOK, Commercial Road, Koroit, Victoria