Percy George BONTOFT

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Service Number:	45
Enlisted:	20 July 1915, Keswick, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Leeds, Yorkshire, England, 1897
Home Town:	Goodwood, Unley, South Australia
Schooling:	Board School, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 20 July 1916
Cemetery:	Bedford House Cemetery, Flanders, Belgium Enclosure No 4 - Plot VI, Row C, Grave No. 17. Inscription: BELOVED SON OF GEORGE AND LUCY BONTOFT ADELAIDE
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Goodwood St George Anglican Church Memorial Tower, Unley Arch of Remembrance, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board

20 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 45, Depot Battalion , Keswick, South Australia
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 45, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 45, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
17 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 45, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. " Transylvania"
23 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 45, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
19 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 45, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Wounded In Action
20 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 45, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action

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