Percy Charles VIRGOE

Percy Charles VIRGOE Update Details

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Service Number:	713
Enlisted:	16 February 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Leatherhead, Surrey, England, 1874
Home Town:	North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1935, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

16 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 713, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
12 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 713, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
12 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 713, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney
28 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 713, 17th Infantry Battalion, Shrapnel wound to the shoulder. Transferred to Malta aboard HS Devanha
2 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 713, 17th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the buttock.
11 Feb 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 713, 17th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District due to overage

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Husband of Florence Rose Virgoe nee Johnson of Walker Street, North Sydney, NSW. Percy and Florence married during 1903 in St Leonards, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 5 November 1917 aboard HT Themistocles disembarking on 3 January 1918

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal