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COVEY, Percy
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 1338, 1486 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Chertsey, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Cootamundra, Cootamundra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC INSCRIPTION THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT Special Memorial A. 4., Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1338, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
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| 11 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1338, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Melbourne | |
| 6 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 1486, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1486 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-08-06 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Mar 1895 Covey Percy Chertsey 2a 46.
His brother, Private Edward/Edwin Harvey Covey [also born in Chertsey] aged 25,also fell whilst srving with the 3rd Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
[died of bomb wounds]
They were sons of Edwin and Annie Covey, of 3 Church St., Crondall, Farnham, Surrey.