Percy Oscar GUNNELSON

GUNNELSON, Percy Oscar

Service Number: 893
Enlisted: 24 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 8th Infantry Battalion
Born: Narnargoon, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town: Garfield, Cardinia, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Shooter
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 May 1915
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bunyip War Memorial, Helles Memorial, Gallipoli
Show Relationships

World War 1 Service

24 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 893, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
19 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 893, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 893, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne

Help us honour Percy Oscar Gunnelson's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Ingebret and Mary Gunnelson of Garfield, Victoria. Brother of Ingebert Thomas who was killed in action on 4 October 1917 while serving with the 37th Battalion and has no known grave. His name appears on Menin Gate, Ypres

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal