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TOWL, Percy Gilchrist
Personal Details
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 29 May 1915, Seymour, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 37th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia , 28 December 1879 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Ballarat College & Melbourne University, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Geologist |
| Died: | Died of wounds, 41st CCS, Proyart, France, 8 September 1918, aged 38 years |
| Cemetery: |
Heath Cemetery, Picardie, France Plot 1X, Row A, Grave 19 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melbourne Public Library and National Museum of Victoria Great War Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 29 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Seymour, Victoria | |
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| 3 Jun 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 37th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' |
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| 3 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Melbourne | |
| 3 Jun 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 37th Infantry Battalion, Belgium | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 37th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Captain, 37th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge, GSW to scalp. Evacuated to UK. Rejoined unit 24 March 1918. | |
| 28 Mar 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 37th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, Morlancourt | |
| 10 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 37th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens, Proyart | |
| 30 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 37th Infantry Battalion, Mont St Quentin / Peronne, Clery sur Somme | |
| 7 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Captain, 37th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", SW to head, arm and leg sustained near Tincourt. Evacuated to 41st CCS at Proyart, where he died of wounds 8 September 1918. | |
| 8 Sep 1918: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Captain, 37th Infantry Battalion, Mont St Quentin / Peronne, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 37th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Captain awm_died_date: 1918-09-08 |
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| 1 Feb 1919: | Honoured Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, Mont St Quentin / Peronne, For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on the night of the 29th-30th August, 1918, at Clery. In charge of his company of only twenty eight men with twenty five prisoners, he was attacked by some 150 of the enemy, who had at first surrendered. He was surrounded practically, and by fire from front and flanks his party, before he was reinforced by other troops at 3 p.m. next day, was reduced to twelve men. His performance was a splendid one, and it was dur to his determined courage and able leadership that his company, besides holding out, retained their prisoners | |
| 16 Mar 1919: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Mont St Quentin / Peronne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Percy Gilchrist TOWL was born on 28th December, 1879 in Ballarat, Victoria
His parents were Edward TOWL and Maria GILCHRIST
He died of wounds on 8th September, 1918 in France
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and the Roll of Honour in Ballarat
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