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REX, Percy Hugh
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1114 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 October 1914, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 21 February 1880 |
| Home Town: | Mossman, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Hutchins School,Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Prospector |
| Died: | Wounds, At sea on board HS Galeka, off Gallipoli, Turkey, 24 May 1915, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried at sea Panel 49, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Mossman War Memorial, Port Douglas Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 27 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1114, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1114, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1114, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 24 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 1114, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1114 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-05-24 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of George and Mrs Rex of 26 Patrick Street, Hobart, Tasmania. Brother of William George Rex, Myra S. Rex and Dudley H. Rex
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Meal
Member of the Tullah Rifle Club
Also served in the school cadets.
Other occupation was sugar grower in North Queensland
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