BUCK, Alexander Percy
| Service Number: | 2143 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 March 1916, Transferred to 51st Battalion |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Busselton. Western Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Bunbury, Bunbury, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Linesman |
| Died: | Complications attributed to War, Bunbury, Western Australia, 1923 |
| Cemetery: |
Bunbury General Cemetery, Bunbury, Western Australia |
| Memorials: | Busselton Cenotaph Victoria Square, Busselton Rotary Park of Remembrance Memorial Walk |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2143, 44th Infantry Battalion, Transferred to 51st Battalion | |
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| 9 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2143, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2143, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Joy Dalgleish
Percy was the son of George Richard Buck of Bunbury Western Australia
On the 27 January 1917, he was wounded in action and, invalided to England. Transferred to the 70th Battalion 2 April 1917 where he proceeded overseas to France on 16 July 1917 to Reinforce the 44th battalion. Wounded a second time on 11 October 1917 and suffered gunshot wounds to the head and a compound fracture of the skull. He was evacuated to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, England and was returned to Australia on the Hospital Ship H.S. Kanowna disembarking Fremantle 12 May 1918. It would appear that he was admitted to the No 18 Auxiliary Hospital, Fremantle on 27 July 1918 because his war injuries, as he had previously been discharged as medically unfit on 5 March 1918.
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