Percival Herman PIEPER

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PIEPER, Percival Herman

Service Number:	4288
Enlisted:	12 July 1915, Bendigo, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Light Trench Mortar Battery
Born:	Toolleen, Victoria, Australia, 12 January 1890
Home Town:	Mitiamo, Loddon, Victoria
Schooling:	Toolleen State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Died of wounds, Tincourt, France, 6 October 1918, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Tincourt New British Cemetery Plot V1, Row H ,Grave No.8,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mitiamo War Memorial

World War 1 Service

12 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4288, Bendigo, Victoria
29 Dec 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4288, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
29 Dec 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4288, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
19 Oct 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 6th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Belgium
4 Jul 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4288, 6th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Le Hamel - Blueprint for Victory
6 Oct 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4288, 6th Light Trench Mortar Battery, "The Last Hundred Days", --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4288 awm_unit: 6th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-10-06
6 Oct 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4288, 6th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Montbrehain, SW right thigh and left leg. Evacuated to 58th CCS at Tincourt, however died of wounds the same day.

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

Son of Fritz Herman (Frederick) Pieper and Margaret Pieper (nee Ashley)

"...4288 Private Percival Herman Pieper, 6th Battalion, of Toolleen, Vic. Pte Pieper enlisted on 12 July 1915 and embarked aboard HMAT Demosthenes on 29 December 1915. On 6 October 1915 he died of wounds at Tincourt in France while serving with the 6th Light Trench Mortar Battery." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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