Percy BINNS

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Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	6 June 1916, Sydney Showgrounds, NSW
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wilsden, Yorkshire, England, 27 January 1892
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Advertisment writer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 13 August 1918, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Hobart Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

6 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Sydney Showgrounds, NSW
14 Jun 1917:	Involvement 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
14 Jun 1917:	Embarked 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
1 Apr 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Infantry Battalion, France
13 Aug 1918:	Involvement Lieutenant, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-08-13

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