RASH, Percival Arthur Ronald
| Service Number: | 4227 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 December 1915, Brisbane, Qld |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Harcourt, Victoria, Australia, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Harcourt State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 19 October 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery Plot IV, Row H, Grave No. 17, Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, Vlamertinghe, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Beecroft Methodist Church Honour Roll WW1, Harcourt Methodist Church Sunday School Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4227, 25th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Qld | |
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| 28 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4227, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4227, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Brisbane | |
| 18 Oct 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4227, 25th Infantry Battalion, Multiple GSW sustained on the night of 18 October 1916 in trenches at Zillebeke, Belgium. Evacuated to regimental aid post (Ypres) however died of wounds the next day 19 October 1916. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Percival Rash was a farmer of Brisbane, Qld and formerly a piano tuner and repairer of Beecroft, NSW prior to enlistment.
He embarked from Brisbane with the 10th Reinforcements (25th Btn) on HMAT Commonwealth (A73) on 28 March 1916. After being hit in the chest by machine gun fire he was taken to the 25th Regimental Field Aid post and died 3 or 4 days later, aged 28, on 19 October 1916 at Ypres, Belgium, and is buried at Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery.
His will simply stated 'Everything to Mother'
Source: Hornsby Shire Recollects
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Percival Arthur Ronald Rash is also remembered on the Harcourt Methodist Church Honour Roll and the Harcourt School Honour Roll, Vic.
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