Percy Croft TEMPLAR

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Service Numbers:	1078, 1078A
Enlisted:	3 March 1915
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	1st Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Penguin, Tasmania , Australia, 6 March 1896
Home Town:	Sulphur Creek, Tasmania
Schooling:	Sulphur Creek State School
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Died of Wounds, Belgium, 15 October 1917, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burnie War Memorial, Penguin to the Great War

3 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner
17 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1078, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
17 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1078, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
15 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 1078A, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1078A awm_unit: 1st Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-10-15

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Percy Croft TEMPLAR was born in Penguin, Tasmania on 6th March, 1896

His parents were Henry TEMPLAR & Edith Jane CROFT

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His brother Richard TEMPLAR (SN 7349) served during WW1 and was discharged in 1919