TOWL, Percy Gilchrist
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, Peronne, France, 8 September 1918, aged 38 years |
Cemetery: |
Heath Cemetery, Picardie 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 |
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 | |
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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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