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YATES, Percy
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2522 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 March 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 15 November 1896 |
| Home Town: | Peak Crossing, Scenic Rim, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Larbourer |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 31 August 1975, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Buderim Lawn Cemetery - Crematorium & Memorial Gardens |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Harrisville Memorial Gates, Ipswich Men and Women of Ipswich WW1 Roll of Honour, Peak Crossing & District Roll of Honour, Peak Crossing & District WW1 Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2522, 47th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
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| 19 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2522, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane | |
| 19 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2522, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Imprisoned Captured at Renicourt while wounded and interned at Gefangenenlager, Dulmen, Germany | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2522, 47th Infantry Battalion, Grenade wound to the left thigh and taken prisoner of war | |
| 8 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2522, 47th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military Disitrict |
World War 2 Service
| 11 Apr 1942: | Enlisted |
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Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Samuel Yates and Lena Yates nee Juilleret of Peak Crossing, QLD
Commenced return to Australia on 5 March 1919 aboard HT Nevasa disembarking on 25 April 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
On 31 October 1925 Pecry married Janet May Florence Bailey in QLD
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