SIVYER, Percival Spurgeon Septimus
| Service Numbers: | Q23905, 65127 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 June 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements |
| Born: | Cooroy, Queensland, 25 October 1893 |
| Home Town: | Cooroy, Sunshine Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Tewantin & Eumundi Schools |
| Occupation: | Dairyman |
| Died: | Illness, Brisbane, Queensland, 19 September 1961, aged 67 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld |
| Memorials: |
Non Warlike Service
| 22 Jun 1914: | Enlisted Private, Q23905, Light Horse Reinforcements |
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World War 1 Service
| 22 Jun 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 65127, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements, Brisbane | |
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| 7 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 65127, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Carpentaria embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 7 Nov 1918: | Embarked Private, 65127, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements, SS Carpentaria, Sydney | |
| 28 Dec 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, 65127, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements, 8th Reinforcement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Percival Spurgeon Septimus SIVYER was born on 25th October, 1893 in Cooroy, Queensland
His parents were Spencer SIVYER and Harriet CORAM who married on 23rd July, 1881 in Bundaberg, Queensland - his father was from Sussex in England and his mother from Devon, England
Percival enlisted on 22nd June, 1914 (Service No. Q23905) with the Queensland Light Horse & Infantry before he enlisted to serve in WW1 on 22nd June, 1918 & embarked with the 8th Reinforcements on the ship SS Carpentaria on 7th November, 1918 from Sydney, NSW
Only days after embarking , the war ended and the ship was recalled & he was transhipped aboard the 'Riverina' and returned to Australia, arriving back at the end of November, 1918 - he was discharged on 28th December, 1918 - he was awarded the British War Medal
Percival died on 19th September, 1961 in Brisbane and is buried in Lutwyche Cemetery
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