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BROKENSHIRE, Percy
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 776 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 3 December 1914, 3rd Reinforcements - Oaklands / Warradale SA |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Moonta, Copper Coast - South Australia, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Moonta, Copper Coast, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Moonta Public School |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | War related, Adelaide, South Australia, 26 April 1941, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Section: LO, Road: BN, Site No: 8 |
| Memorials: | Moonta Corporation of The Town of Moonta Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 3 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 776, 9th Light Horse Regiment, 3rd Reinforcements - Oaklands / Warradale SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 776, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Pera embarkation_ship_number: A4 public_note: '' | |
| 20 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 776, 9th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Evacuated November 1915 with Enteric Fever - to UK Beaufort War Hospital Fishponds BRISTOL | |
| 11 Feb 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 776, 50th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line | |
| 17 Feb 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 50th Infantry Battalion | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 776, 50th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines | |
| 25 Jun 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 50th Infantry Battalion | |
| 30 Jul 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 776, 50th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres | |
| 27 Oct 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 50th Infantry Battalion | |
| 27 Mar 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 776, 50th Infantry Battalion, Dernancourt/Ancre | |
| 24 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 776, 50th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux | |
| 18 Jun 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 50th Infantry Battalion | |
| 8 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 776, 50th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days" | |
| 21 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 776, 50th Infantry Battalion, 4th MD - TPE | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 776, 9th Light Horse Regiment |
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