Harold Percy UPTON

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Service Number:	756
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	London, England, 1880
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Pianoforte Maker
Died:	England, 14 March 1957, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Sergeant, 756, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Sergeant, 756, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Berrima, Melbourne

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Son of L. Upton of Shakespeare Road, Herne Hill, London, England.

Previously served with the Grenadier Guards for five years.

3 October 1914 - enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA, with the 16th Battalion and with the rank of Sergeant.

6 May 1915 - wounded in action. Wound to the left foot.

3 March 1916 - transferred to the 48th Battalion

24 June 1916 - commenced return to Australia aboard HT Port Sydney disembarking on 15 July 1916

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

14 August 1916 - discharged at the 5th Military District with the rank of Company Sergeant Major as medically unfit due to relapsing fever, Malaria