Percy SELLAR

SELLAR, Percy

Service Number: 4904
Enlisted: 29 November 1915
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 56th Infantry Battalion
Born: Paddington, New South Wales, Australia, 27 September 1878
Home Town: Randwick, Randwick, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Clerk
Died: 13 May 1953, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Waverley Cemetery, Bronte, New South Wales
Plot W-8-RC-VL-342A Interred 14 May 1953
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World War 1 Service

29 Nov 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4904, 4th Infantry Battalion
8 Mar 1916: Involvement Private, 4904, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
8 Mar 1916: Embarked Private, 4904, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Sydney
10 Mar 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 56th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

“P. Sellar 56 Battalion A.I.F.”

SELLAR Percy : Service Number – 4904 : Place of Birth – Paddington NSW : Place of Enlistment – Casula NSW : 37 years 2 months : Clerk : Next of Kin – (Sister) TAYLOR Barbara.  Admitted to General Military Hospital, Colchester 1.1.17 – 22.1.17. … with Bronchitis.   [Enlisted 29.11.15. – Discharged because of Gas Poisoning and returned to Australia 10.3.18].   Sister Barbara – 1 Yewel Street, Bondi, Sydney, NSW.  Percy was  living in the Paddington Parish, Sydney, NSW.

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