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MAWSON, Percy
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2489 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| 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: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Amiens France, 11 August 1918, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux, France Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burnie War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 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: '' | |
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| 24 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2489, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Adelaide | |
| 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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