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, Fromelles, 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:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Goodwood St George Anglican Church Memorial Tower, The South Australian National War Memorial, Unley Arch of Remembrance, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board

20 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 45, Depot Battalion (AIF), Keswick, South Australia
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 45, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
18 Nov 1915:	Involvement 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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