Percy WILKS

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Service Number:	8057
Enlisted:	18 January 1917, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Australian Employment Company
Born:	Albany, Western Australia , 13 June 1894
Home Town:	Wiluna, Wiluna, Western Australia
Schooling:	Wiluna Public School, Wiluna , Western Australia
Occupation:	Grocer
Died:	Natural Causes, Perth Western Australia, 29 October 1973, aged 79 years
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
Memorials:

18 Jan 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 8057, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill
30 Oct 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 8057, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne
30 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 8057, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
6 Apr 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Transferred from 27th Reinforcements to the 11th Battalion - in the Field
18 Jun 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, 8057, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
25 Aug 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Employment Company, Transferred after being medically downgraded due to wounding
6 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 8057, Australian Employment Company

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27 Reinf 11th Batt AIF

11 Reinf 51st Batt AIF

Fought at the Battle of Villers Brettoneux, Anzac Day 1918

Served in the Army in WW2

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