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SMITH, Percy
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2506 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 52nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia, 12 July 1894 |
| Home Town: | Cunnamulla, Paroo, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Shearer at time of enlistment |
| Died: | Brisbane Hospital, Queensland, Australia, 28 July 1962, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Cunnamulla General Cemetery, Qld Buried 2 August 1962, unmarked grave. If there was a marker, plaque or headstone it has been washed away by floods. |
| Memorials: | Paroo Shire Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 19 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2506, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
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| 19 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2506, 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Kim Pate
Percy SMITH was born 1894 in Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia.
At the time of enlistment he was a shearer.
Australian Electoral rolls have his occupations over the years as mostly labourer then Council Foreman in his latter years. Family have mentioned Percy did work on sheep stations, shearing, mustering, scrubcutting, labouring etc.
Percy married Winifred Dunford 1923 at Cunnamulla, where their 11 children were born. Winifred also served in WWI in the UK in the Queen Mary´s Army Auxiliary Corps.
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