LOGAN, Percy William
| Service Number: | 2739 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mount Gambier, South Australia, 26 October 1885 |
| Home Town: | Jeparit, Hindmarsh, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Jeparit State School |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Ypres, Belgium, 5 October 1918, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
Tincourt New British Cemetery Plot X (10), Row C, Grave 18 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Jeparit School Roll of Honor, Kaniva Miram South & Yanipy Schools Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2739, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2739, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Moldavia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2739, 21st Infantry Battalion, RMS Moldavia, Melbourne | |
| 5 Oct 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2739, 21st Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Julianne Ryan
Born 26 October 1885 in Mount Gambier, South Australia
(SA Births 1842 - 1906 Book: 363 Page: 5 District: Gre.)
Father Frederick LOGAN (b. 06/10/1857 Meadows SA - d. 1921) and
29/05/1880 married at the residence of James Pratts Mount Gambier
Mother Maria (nee BALDOCK - b. 21/08/1857 Mount Charles, Charleston, SA)
(Maria's father: James BALDOCK and Mother: Jane nee PRATT).
Percy lived with his parents at Jeparit, Victoria on enlisting.
Siblings:
James LOGAN (b: 02/01/1881 in Mount Gambier, SA)
Frederick Earnest LOGAN (b: 21/03/1882 in Penola, SA)
Christiana Maud LOGAN (b: 06/06/1883 in Mount Gambier, SA)
William Percy LOGAN (b: 26/10/1885 in Mount Gambier, SA)
Next of kin in service:
Cousins
1635 Private Claude Mellnotte PERRY (b. Jeparit, VIC)
Father Winfred and Mother Eva PERRY,
(he lived with parents 22 Wheaton Road, St Peters, SA)
31/08/1915 enlisted in Adelaide, SA (18 years of age)
18/11/1915 embarked from Outer Harbour onboard HMAT A2 Geelong
as a Private with 3rd Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement
Driver with 5th Divisional Ammunition Column
09/10/1917 killed in action
No known grave
His name is commemorated at:
- Panel 7 on the The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
- Panel 21 on the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT.
520 Corporal Raymond Vernon BALDOCK (b. Dec. 1893 in Kaniva, VIC)
Father Alfred Baldock and Mother Lousia Baldock,
Raymond lived with his parents at Jeparit, VIC on enlisting
19/08/1914 Raymond enlisted at Dimboola, VIC - 20 years 8 months of age
19/10/1914 embarked Port of Melbourne, VIC onboard HMAT A24 Benalla
as a Private with 8th Infantry, B Company
05/04/1915 embarked onboard Clan McGillivray from Alexandria, Egypt
to join the Gallipoli campaign
20/09/1917 killed in action, Belgium
Buried in: vicinty south of Polygon Wood, north-west of Birr Cross Roads
03/02/1922 A special cross was erected over Raymond's grave
at Birr Cross Road Cemetery, Belgium
Special Memorial #5
His name is commemorated on Panel 52 at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT.
Percy was described on enlisting as 27 years 9 months; single; 5' 2 3/4" tall; 124 lbs;
dark complexion; bluey/grey eyes; black hair; Church of England
08/07/1915 enlisted in Melbourne, VIC
23/07/1915 67 Company Seymour
10/08/1915 C Company, Bendigo
01/10/1915 appointed to 21st Battalion, 6th Reinforcement,
Broadmeadows Camp
05/10/1915 embarked Port of Melbourne, VIC onboard RMS Moldavia
as a Private with 21st Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
01/07/1916 with 2nd Division Details, Tel-el-Kebir
02/08/1916 proceeded to join British Expeditionary Forces, onboard HMT Franconia,
ex Alexandria
24/08/1916 taken on strength in to 21st Battalion from Egypt
16/09/1916 proceeded overseas to France, ex 6th Training Battalion, England
17/09/1916 marched in to 2nd Australian Base Depot, Etaples, France
28/09/1916 proceeded to join unit, Etaples, France
30/09/1916 joined 21st Battalion, Belgium
24/11/1916 sick with dysentry to hospital, France - 39 Casualty Clearing Station
26/11/1916 transferred to 25th Stationary Hospital, Rouen
10/12/1916 admitted to 2nd Convalescent Depot, Rouen
16/12/1916 embarked to England onboard Glement Castle, ex Havre, France
19/12/1916 admitted to 3rd Southern General Hospital, Weymouth, England
24/01/1917 marched in to No.2 Convalescent Depot
10/06/1917 proceeded overseas to France, ex Southampton
11/06/1917 marched in to 2nd Australian Depot Base, Etaples, France
24/06/1917 rejoined 21st Battalion, France
16/03/1918 marched out to overseas training, ex Hurdcote, England
16/03/1918 marched in to overseas Training Brigade, Deverill
09/04/1918 proceed overseas to France
10/04/1918 marched in to Havre, France
18/04/1918 rejoined unit in the field
23/07/1918 wounded in the field - gas shell
05/09/1918 rejoined 21st Battalion, France
05/10/1918 killed in Action - France
Buried in: Ramiecourt Communal Cemetery Extension
7 1/4 miles north-north east of St Quentin
18/11/1924 Exhumbed and reburied in:
Tincourt New British Cemetery, France
3 3/4 miles East of Peronne, France
Plot X (10), Row BB, Grave 18
21/07/1926: re-allotment of grave numbers:
Plot X (10), Row C, Grave 18
(body did not move - grave stayed the same)
His name is commemorated on Panel 94 at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT.
Medals: 1914/15 Star (19175); British War medal (24236), Victory medal (24066)
Memorial Plaque and Scroll (353456)
Submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 12/01/2017. Lest we forget.
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