Percy John BROADWAY

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Service Number:	726
Enlisted:	28 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Maidstone, England, 1884
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Government School, Jamestown, St Helena
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 19 July 1915
Cemetery:	Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Plot 1, Row C, Grave 7
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

28 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 726, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 726, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 726, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
24 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 726, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Gunshot wound to the scalp and right cheek

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Arrived in Australia aged 25 years

Son of Rebecca Jane Broadway of Jamestown, St Helena

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

Previously served with the St Helena's Volunteer Forces