Percy William UPTON

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Service Number:	235
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	Railway Unit (AIF)
Born:	Penrith, New South Wales, Australia, 1886
Home Town:	Thornleigh, Hornsby Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Master
Died:	Rockdale, New South Wales, Australia, 22 May 1963, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Cremated with the ashes being scattered
Memorials:

7 Feb 1917:	Involvement Sergeant, 235, Railway Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
7 Feb 1917:	Embarked Sergeant, 235, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney

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Address at the time of enlistment was Thornleigh, NSW

Son of William Upton and Margaret Upton of Warwick Street, Stanmore, NSW

28 December 1916 - enlisted at Sydney, NSW with the Railway Unit Section 1 with the rank of Private.

1 September 1917 - promoted to Sergeant. 6th Broad Gauge Operating Company

1 February 1918 - promoted to Company Sergeant Major

Commenced return to Australia on 21 June 1919 aboard HT Konigin Luise disembarking on 16 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

28 September 1919 - discharged at the 2nd Military District.

During 1921c Percy married Hilda O. Wilson in Parramatta, NSW.