Percy MCGUIRE

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Service Number:	166
Enlisted:	16 March 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	25th Infantry Battalion
Born:	London, England, June 1886
Home Town:	Longreach, Longreach, Queensland
Schooling:	Manor Road Council School Wallasey, England
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, Bullecourt, France, 8 May 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

16 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 166, 25th Infantry Battalion
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 166, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
9 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 166, 25th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Evacuated sick - initial diagnosis 'Tuberculosis' changed to 'Nephritis'. Evac to Egypt
25 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 166, 25th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm
14 Nov 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 166, 25th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17
8 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 166, 25th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), Died of Wounds

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He served under the alias of John Mcguire.

Parents: Henry and Eliza MCGUIRE, 89 Martins Lane, Liscard, Wallasey, Cheshire, England

NoK: Sister Mrs E Murphy, Eastham, Essex, London, England.

He served in the Canadian Scouts in the Boer War.

He was a Gallipoli and Pozieres veteran.