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DARCY, Percy
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5635 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 July 1915, Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 13th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Lauriston, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Kyneton, Macedon Ranges, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Memorials: | Kyneton Congregational Church Great War Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 5635, Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 17 Dec 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 5635, Embarked on HMAT 'A54' Runic from Sydney on 17th December 1915, disembarking Alexandria, Egypt on 27th February 1916. | |
| 22 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 14th Field Company Engineers | |
| 18 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 5635, 14th Field Company Engineers, Embarked from Alexandria, Egypt on 18th June 1916, disembarking Marseilles, France on 29th June 1916 to join the British Expeditionary Force. | |
| 10 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 8th Field Company Engineers | |
| 8 Oct 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 13th Field Company Engineers | |
| 2 Mar 1919: | Embarked 5635, 13th Field Company Engineers, Embarked on HMT Derbyshire from London, England on 2nd March 1919. | |
| 19 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 5635, 13th Field Company Engineers |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Jessie DARCY (nee CHRISTIE - born 1858 Hobart Tasmania, died 18th June 1950 Lauriston Victoria) of Hutton Street, Kyneton Victoria and James Patrick DARCY born 10th September 1857, Windsor died 16th March 1908 Lauriston Victoria.
Brother of
- Albert James DARCY (born 1880 Kyneton, Victoria died 1930 Daylesford, Victoria)
- Olive DARCY (born 1882 Kyneton, Victoria, died 1962 Mentone, Victoria). Married Edwin SHORT 1901 (born 7th July 1873 died 16th April 1914) Re-married Henry ALLISON 1923 (born 1870)
- Ruby Irene DARCY (born 1884 Kens, Victoria) Married Reuben James BONSER 1919
- John DARCY (born 1886 Kyneton, Victoria)
- 1628 George Edgar DARCY - 38th Infantry Battalion, returned to Australia 31st December 1916 (born 1887 Kyneton, Victoria died 3rd July 1919 Frankston, Victoria) Married Florence McSWEENEY 1917
- Frederick Gordon DARCY (born 1888 Kyneton, Victoria)
- 7221 Private Thomas Raymond DARCY - 1st Machine Gun Battalion, returned to Australia 27th July 1919 (born 1890 Lauriston, Victoria died 23rd February 1969) Married Mary Beatrice HEIN 1912 (died 23rd October 1957)
- Lucie DARCY (born 1892 Lauriston, Victoria died 1916 Daylesford, Victoria)
- 3344 Private Francis Patrick DARCY - 32nd Infantry Battalion, returned to Australia 23rd June 1919 (born 1896 Lauriston, Victoria)
- Brother of Edward Charles DARCY (born 1898 Lauriston, Victoria)