Percival Richard Henry HAIGH

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HAIGH , Percival Richard Henry

Service Number:	2834
Enlisted:	20 June 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	8th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Moonee Ponds, Moonee Valley, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Hairdresser
Died:	Heidleberg, Victoria, Australia, February 1972, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Altona Memorial Park, Victoria Elm Lawn C, Row E, Grave 22. Interred on 17 February 1972
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World War 1 Service

20 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2834, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
12 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 2834, 8th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hymettus embarkation_ship_number: A1 public_note: ''
12 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 2834, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Hymettus, Melbourne
18 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Light Horse Regiment
16 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Light Horse Regiment, From the 3rd Light Horse Regiment
2 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 2834, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to defective sight

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Also known as Percival Henry Hayes. On 3 October 1918 he sighed a Statuatory declaration stating that his true name was Percival Richard Henry Haigh

Previously enlisted on 8 January 1915 with service number 1109 then deserted

Son of Richard Henry Haigh and Alice Maud Haigh nee Spong of West Hotham, Victoria

Next of kin given as his step-father Richard Haigh of Salisbury Street, Moonee Ponds, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 15 January 1919 aboard HT Berrima disembarking on the 17 February 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1930c Percival married Caroline Hampton in Victoria

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