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DAHLKE, Percy James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 40 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 January 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 13 March 1896 |
| Home Town: | Goomeri, Gympie Regional Council, Queensland |
| Schooling: | One Mile Boys School, Gympie |
| Occupation: | Stockman |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Boulogne, France, 26 June 1917, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery Plot 1V, Row A, Grave 16 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Goomeri & District Roll of Honour WW1, Goomeri 'Supreme Sacrifice' Honour Board, Goomeri Hall of Memory, Goomeri Memorial Clock Tower, Gympie & Widgee War Memorial Gates, Kilkivan Shire of Kilkivan Great War Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 40, Machine Gun Companies and Battalions, Enlisted at Brisbane | |
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| 5 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 40, 11th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 40, 11th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
| 11 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 40, Wounds to the chest, abdomen and back |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Henry and Mary Dahlke, of Goomeri, Kingaroy, Queensland.
NOT GONE FROM MEMORY OR FROM LOVE BUT TO HIS FATHER'S HOME ABOVE
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Mrs. H. Dahlke, of Goomeri, has received word of the death of her son, Trooper P. J. Dahlke, from gunshot wounds in France, on June 26.
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