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WARR, Percy Victor Devlin

Service Number:	47
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Maribyrnong, Victoria, Australia, 15 September 1894
Home Town:	South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	St. Thomas Grammar School, Moonee Ponds
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Natural causes, Mont Albert, Victoria, Australia, 27 May 1980, aged 85 years
Cemetery:	Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria Interred with wife Gladys and infant son Allan
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World War 1 Service

21 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 47, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 47, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne
22 Dec 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 5th Infantry Battalion
12 Jan 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 5th Infantry Battalion
26 Feb 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 5th Infantry Battalion
25 Apr 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 47, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Part of the ANZAC landing, second wave. Percy received a gun shot wound, radius, right arm, severe
19 Oct 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 47, 5th Infantry Battalion, Embarked D24 HT Sardinia, England. Disembarked Melbourne 27 December, 1918
27 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 47, 5th Infantry Battalion, Discharged with Neurasthenia. Awarded 1914/1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals

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