Percy William VOOGHT

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Service Number:	3658
Enlisted:	3 September 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Newton Abbot district of Devonshire, United Kingdom, 1890
Home Town:	Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria
Schooling:	State School, England
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 27 July 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of Brunswick Honour Roll, Lorquon & District Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

3 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3658, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
5 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 3658, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
5 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 3658, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Melbourne
14 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 24th Infantry Battalion, At Zeiton, from 23rd Battalion
27 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 3658, 24th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3658 awm_unit: 24 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-27

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He was 26 and was born in the Newton Abbot district of Devonshire, the son of Louis William and Alice Vooght.

Births Sep 1890 Vooght Percy William Newton A. 5b 107

Arrived in Australia at the age of 25.

Next of kin given as his brother Reginald Vooght of Edward Street, East Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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