WOODRUFF, Percival William Brookfield
| Service Number: | 4627 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 October 1915, Perth, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, December 1890 |
| Home Town: | Subiaco, Nedlands, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Barnsley Grammar School, England |
| Occupation: | Civil Servant |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozières, France, 15 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Subiaco Fallen Soldiers Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4627, Perth, Western Australia | |
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| 12 Feb 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4627, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Feb 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4627, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle | |
| 15 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 4627, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Mouquet Farm, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4627 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-08-15 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Percival William Brookfield WOODRUFF was born in 1891 in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England to William James WOODRUFF and Kate BROOKFIELD who had married in the June quarter of 1889 in Barnsley - they lived at 241 York Rd, Leeds, UK
Percival arrived in Fremantle , Western Australia in early 1913 on the ship Orvieto which had left London on 20th December, 1912
He had previous service for 3 years with the RAMC 2 Northam, Western Australia before he enlisted on 20th October , 1915 at Blackboy Hill -he was living in Subiaco at the time. He was with the 11th Battalion, 14th Reinforcements and later transferred to the 51st Battalion
Percival was Killed in Action on 15th August, 1916 in France - no known grave - his name is commemorated on the Australian War Memorial & the Australian National Memorial, Villers Bretonneux, France
His photo came from a newpaper article (Sunday Times, Perth, WA , December, 1916 page 6)
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
10 March 1916 - Disembarked at Suez
19 April 1916 - Transferred from 3 Training Battalion to 51 Battalion
5 June 1916 - Proceeded to join BEF from Slexandria
12 June 1916 - Disembarked at Marseilles21 July 1916 - Promoted to tank of Corporal
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
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