Percy MAWSON

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Service Number:	2489
Enlisted:	15 July 1915, Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mt Bischoff, Emu Bay, Tasmania, Australia, 13 June 1893
Home Town:	Burnie, Burnie, Tasmania
Schooling:	Burnie Grammar School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Bank Clerk
Died:	Died of wounds, Amiens, France, 11 August 1918, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux, France Plot III. Row I. Grave 11.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burnie War Memorial, Melbourne Union Bank of Australia WWI Roll of Honour

24 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 2489, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: ''
24 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 2489, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Adelaide
15 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2489, 12th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tasmania
1 Jul 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 12th Infantry Battalion
11 Aug 1918:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 2489, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2489 awm_unit: 12th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-08-11
11 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2489, 12th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens, Died of GWS Back and Neck

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