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WARR, Percy Victor Devlin
Personal Details
Service Number: | 47 |
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Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Melbourne, Vic. |
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 Church of England ZF 683 |
Memorials: | Victorian Garden of Remembrance |
Service History
World War 1 Service
17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 47, 5th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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21 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 47, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne | |
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: '' | |
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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Son of Mrs Warr, 4 Kensington Road, South Yarra, Victoria