Percy Thomas CHANNON

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Service Number:	4176
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Barnstaple, Devon, England, 1887
Home Town:	Port Adelaide, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

20 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 4176, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 4176, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
3 May 1917:	Involvement Private, 4176, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4176 awm_unit: 21st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-05-03
Date unknown:	Wounded 4176, 1st Infantry Battalion

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Births Jun 1887 Channon Percy Thomas Barnstaple 5b 445

He is one of three Australian soldiers commemorated on the Barnstaple War Memorial. There is also one New Zealand casualty.

The other two Australian soldiers are :

Corporal George Dalling of the 10th Battalion, the Australian Light Horse Regiment.

Trooper Stephen William Hunt of the 5th Battalion, the Australian Light Horse.