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WHEATLEY, Percy Alfred
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1104 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 September 1914, Pontville, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brighton, Tasmania, Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds at sea - HMT Dongala , Gallipol, Turkey, 5 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 21 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1104, Pontville, Tasmania | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1104, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1104, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1104, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1104 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-05-05 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His brother, 2412 Pte. Albert Victor Wheatley 40th Battalion AIF, later died of sickness on 11 February 1917, aged 24, in England.
They were the sons of Jane and the late Hiram Charles Wheatley of Brighton, Tasmania. Their father Hiram had passed away in 1902 when they were just boys.
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