PENN, Mayson
| Service Number: | 744 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gosforth Cumberland England, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Kulnura, Gosford Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Knutsford Edgerton School |
| Occupation: | Orchardist |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Tamworth ANZAC Park Memorial Gates |
World War 1 Service
| 12 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 744, 19th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 744, 19th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 744, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne |
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Mayson Penn immigrated to Australia around 1912 from Knutsford in Cheshire England with his boyhood friends Mr F L Young and Mr J E Gatley.
The boys took up land at Kulnura near Gosford NSW with a view to fruit orchards and farming. They were some of the early pioneers in the district, the war broke out and they drew straws with the result that Penn and Young enlisted leaving Gatley to manage the farm.
My father Mr Fred Young tells me that he was talking to Mayson as they walked in the trenchs at Gallipoli when he took a direct hit, resulting in his immediate death.
Biography contributed
Mayson PENN was born in Gosforth , Cumberland, England in 1891
His parents were Mayson PENN & Christina Agnew MOSSOP who married in Whitehaven, UK in 1887
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