MEDWIN, Percy Reginald Elbert
| Service Number: | 3083 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 August 1916, Ulverstone, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Barrington, Sheffield, Tasmania, 14 December 1897 |
| Home Town: | Ulverstone, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | State School |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 1 October 1918, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried near Guillemont, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kentish Municipality Honour Roll Mural, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3083, 40th Infantry Battalion, Ulverstone, Tasmania | |
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| 10 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 3083, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 3083, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Adelaide | |
| 1 Oct 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3083, 40th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Percy Reginald Elbert MEDWIN was born in Barrington, Sheffield, Tasmania on 14th December, 1897
His parents were George MEDWIN and Mary Clark DUNCANSON who married in Waratah, Emu Bay, Tasmania on 28th March, 1882
He enlisted in Ulverstone, Tasmania on 31st August, 1916 and embarked on 10th February, 1917 with the 40th Infantry Battalion, 7th reinforcements from Adelaide on the HMAT Seang Bee
Percy was Killed in Action on 1st October 1918 in France and buried near Guillemont, his grave is now unknown and his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and the Villers Bretonneux Memorial
Medals: British War Medal & Victory Medal.
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