Percy VICKERS

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Service Number:	1083
Enlisted:	24 September 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Queenstown, Cape Colony South Africa , 1887
Home Town:	Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Cape Town, South Africa, 13 November 1960, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cape Town (Maitland) Cemetery
Memorials:

24 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1083, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 1083, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 1083, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney
25 Jul 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1083, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Slight
17 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1083, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shell wound to the left elbow.
5 Aug 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1083, 1st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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At the time of enlistment his address was given as Pitt Street, Redfern, NSW

Before leaving for Australia he served with the Queenstown Volunteer Rifles, South Africa for eighteen months.

Son of Agnes M. Vickers of Grey Street, Queenstown, Cape Colony, South Africa

Commenced return to Australia on 17 March 1916 aboard HT Ascania disembarking on 30 April 1916

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal