GEASON, Percy
| Service Number: | 4811 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 September 1915, 15th Reinforcements |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Colebrook, Southern Midlands - Tasmania, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Merewether, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Catholic Convent School, Tasmania |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 20 July 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery III. B. 3., Pheasant Wood Military Cemetery, Fromelles, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4811, 3rd Infantry Battalion, 15th Reinforcements | |
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| 8 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4811, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 8 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 55th Infantry Battalion, Tel el Kebir Egypt | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4811, 55th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4811 awm_unit: 55th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-20 Originally listed 'Missing' and commemorated at VC Corner Cemetery. Remains recovered in 2009 and identified via DNA analysis and interred in Pheasant Wood Cemetery |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Steve Larkins
4811 Private Percy Geason was the son of Patrick and Annie Geason of Coleville Tasmania. He was a 28yo labourer and resident with his sister Mrs C. Volkmer, Hall Street, Merewether, New South Wales when he enlisted in September 1915 initially in the 3rd Battalion. He subsequebtly transferred to the 55th Battalion in Egypt, part of the newly created the 14th Brigade. and embarked for France with his new unit.
Percy Geason was killed in action at Pozieres, France on 19/20 July 1916. After the war his grave could not be located and he was commemorated on the VC Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France. In 2008 a burial ground was located at Pheasant Wood, France containing the bodies of 250 British and Australian soldiers including Pte Arnott. All of the remains were reburied in the newly created Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery. At the time of the official dedication of the new cemetery on 19 July 2010, ninety-six of the Australians, had been identified through a combination of anthropological, archaeological, historical and DNA information. Percy Geason's reamains were identified in 2011. Work is continuing on identifying the other remains relocated from the burial ground and buried in the new cemetery as unknown soldiers.
Compiled by Steve Larkins 2018
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