Percy Ernest Edwin WILKINSON

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WILKINSON, Percy Ernest Edwin

Service Number:	1116
Enlisted:	21 October 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Field Ambulance
Born:	Mount Lofty, South Australia, 1 May 1894
Home Town:	Crafers, Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Schooling:	Crafers Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Electrician
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 7 July 1917, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord Plot 111, Row D, Grave 241, Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord), Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Aldgate War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

21 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1116, Morphettville, South Australia
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1116, 4th Field Ambulance, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1116, 4th Field Ambulance, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne
7 Jul 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1116, 4th Field Ambulance

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Percy Ernest Edwin WILKINSON was born on 1st May, 1894 in South Australia

His parents were Phillip WILKINSON and Agnes Fanny GRIMES

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Served as an apprentice with De Baray Zinc Co., Broken Hill

12 April 1915 - Proceeded to join MEF

23 July 1915 - Awarded 14 days imprisonment for being asleep while on duty

1 June 1916 - Proceeded to join BEF from Alexandra

9 June 1916 - Disembarked at Marseilles

11 May 1917 - Taken on strength by4 Field Ambulance from K Supply

1 July 1917 - To hospital with Pneumonia & Pleurisy

7 July 1917 - Wounded in action, multiple wounds from enemy air raid

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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