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OLDS, Percy

Service Number:	5170
Enlisted:	14 January 1916, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Moonta Mines, South Australia, Australia, 4 January 1887
Home Town:	Moonta, Copper Coast, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm labourer
Died:	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 29 October 1960, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Maitland Cemetery, Yorke Peninsula, S.A. Maitland Cemetery, Maitland, South Australia
Memorials:	Maitland War Memorial, Moonta Corporation of The Town of Moonta Roll of Honour, Moonta Mines Public School Roll of Honour WW1

World War 1 Service

14 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
25 Mar 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5170, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
25 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5170, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Adelaide
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 5170, 10th Infantry Battalion
27 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1
Date unknown:	Wounded 5170, 10th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography

Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal