Percy Harold AMEY

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AMEY, Percy Harold

Service Number:	1234
Enlisted:	11 September 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Caltowie, South Australia, 18 October 1895
Home Town:	Caltowie, Northern Areas, South Australia
Schooling:	Caltowie School
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, 11 April 1917, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Caltowie Cemetery Methodist Church WW1 Memorial, Caltowie District WW1 Roll of Honour, Caltowie Public School WW1 Roll of Honor, Caltowie Soldiers Memorial Hall, Jamestown Caltowie Honour Roll, Laura Methodist Church Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

11 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1234, Morphettville, South Australia
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1234, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1234, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1234, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli
8 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1234, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (abdomen)
23 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1234, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières
11 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1234, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , 2nd occasion - GSW (upper body)
11 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1234, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Bullecourt (First)

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Biography

Father Samuel Amey and Mother Lydia Amey (nee Baker).
Percy lived with his parents at Laura, South Australia, prior to enlisting.

Siblings:
Brother   Samuel Amey junior (in Caltowie)
Brother   Charles Amey (in Caltowie)
Brother   George Amey (in Caltowie)
Brother   Frank Alfred Amey (in Laura)
Sister      Eva Nellie Amey (in Caltowie)
Sister    Florrie Eva Amey (in Caltowie)

Next of kin in service:
Brother 62056 WWI Gunner Charles Amey returned to Australia 1/8/1919
Brother SX18122 WWII Frank Alfred Amey
_____ SX29698 WWII Mostyn Harold Amey

Previous service:

Described on enlisting as 18 years 11 months old; single; 5' 11" tall; 20 8lbs;
fresh complexion; grey eyes; light brown hair; Methodist.

11/9/1914 Enlisted at Morphettville, South Australia
completed medical fit for service

19/12/1914 Commanding Officer appointed Percy to H Company, Broadmeadows Camp

22/12/1914 Embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT Ceramic A40
as a Private with the 16th Infantry Battalion, H Company

12/4/1915 proceed to join Mediterranean Expeditionary Froces, GALLIPOLI

28/4/1915      Gun shot wound abdomen Mashrobra, GALLIPOLI
8/5/1915        admitted to 2nd General Hospital, Ghezireh, Cairo
27/5/1915      Base details at Zeitoun

17/6/1915 rejoined unit in Gallipoli

29/8/1915      sick to hospital Gallipoli
4/9/1915        admitted to 25th Casualty Clearing Station, Anzac
                     transferred on board hospital ship HS Neuralia - exhaustion
10/9/1915      admitted to Hospital - Malta (dysentry)

3/10/1915 Embarked from England on HS Requiua and Idalia

3/11/1915 dystentry, transferred from Hsopital in Malta, embarked for England
on board HT Regina D'Hatia

9/3/1916 rejoined unit from hospital - Tel-El-Kebir

31/3/1916 sick to hospital
1/4/1916 rejoined unit from hospital

1/6/1916 proceeded to join British Expeditionary Forces, Alexandria

11/8/1916      wounded in action - gun shot wound to head, France
12/8/1916      admitted to ambulance train
13/8/1916      Etaples, France
19/8/1916      embarked on board HS Dieppe at Calais, France for England
                      admitted wound face and shoulder
                      to General Military Hospital - Colchester, England

6/9/1916 granted furlough (leave) from hospital
26/10/1916 transferred to 4th Training Battalion, Codford

20/11/1916 admitted to Sutton Veny Hospital - mumps, Codford
1/12/1916 marched in from Group Clearing Hospital, Codford, England

4/12/1916       proceeded overseas to France on board SS Princess Victoria
                      ex Folkestone to reinforce unit
19/12/1916     rejoined unit from wound

11/4/1917 Private Amey and his Battalion went over the trenches at Bullecourt,
after immense fighting, he lost his life in battle.

11/4/1917 Killed in action
buried in: No known grave

He is commemorated on the walls of the Australian War Memorial at Villers-Brettonneux, France.

His name is located at panel 78 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT.

Medals:
1914-15 Star (14485); British War Medal (7705); Victory Medal (7667);
Memorial Plaque and Memorial Scroll (338219)
(1968 awarded the Anzac Commemorative Medallion
- sent to Frank's son (Percy's nephew) Ian Amey, Fannie Bay NT)

Thank you to Mrs Kaye B Bottrall from Jamestown for the portrait.

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 8/2/2015. Lest we forget.

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