CLEAVER, Percy
| Service Numbers: | 902, 2315 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 September 1914, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Windsor, England, 28 April 1889 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Eton College, England |
| Occupation: | Fruiterer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Perth, Western Australia, 12 December 1930, aged 41 years |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Salvation Army AA 0360 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 902, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Blackboy Hill, Western Australia | |
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| 23 Oct 1914: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 902, 12th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit | |
| 16 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2315, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2315, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Wandilla, Fremantle | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2315, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Jul 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2315, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 29 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2315, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (right hand) | |
| 22 Aug 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2315, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Karen Lee Butler
Private Percy Cleaver was born in Windsor and educated at Eton in England.
Son of William John Cleaver and Emily Cleaver of Beaufort Street, Perth WA.
A membre of the firm Cleaver Bros., Fruiterers and greengrocers of Beaufort Street, Perth
He enlisted in 1914 but was discharged before leaving Australia. He again enlisted on 16 Jun 1915 and was on the Gallipoli Peninsula by 30 Jul 1915. He was wounded on 29 Aug 1915 and sent to Bethnal Green Military Hospital in London, before returning home and being discharged on 22 Aug 1916
CLEAVER. —The Friends of the late Mr. Percy Cleaver late No. 2315, 16th Battalion, A.I.F., beloved husband of Florence, of 12 Camberwell street, Victoria Park, loving son of Mrs. Emily Cleaver, Lincoln street, Perth, fond brother of Ernest and Albert (England), Arthur, Charles, Albert, Bert, William, Horace, Edie and Florence, are respectfully invited to follow his remains to the place of interment, the Salvation Army portion of the Karrakarta Cemetery. The Funeral is appointed to leave the Private Mortuary of Messrs. Mead, Son and Co., 190 Albany road, Victoria Park, at 3 o'clock THIS (Saturday) AFTERNOON. Friends wishing to attend may proceed by the 3.10 o'clock train from Perth.
MEAD, SON and CO., Undertakers, 190
Albany road, Victoria Park. Tel. B5823.
U.A.O.D., CARLISLE LODGE, No. 100.
CLEAVER. — The Officers and Brothers of the above Lodge and Order in general are respectfully invited to follow the remains of their late Bro. Percy Cleaver, to the place of interment, the Salvation portion of the Karrakatta
Cemetery. The Funeral is appointed to leave the Private Mortuary of Messrs. Mead, Son and Co., 190 Albany road, Victoria Park, at 3 o'clock THIS (Saturday) AFTERNOON. Members wishing to attend may proceed by the 3.10 o'clock train from Perth.
H. MOWBRAY, A.D.
W. MILES, Secretary.
T.B. SAILORS AND SOLDIERS'
ASSOCIATION.
CLEAVER. — The Members of the above are respectfully invited to follow the remains of their late comrade, Percy Cleaver, late 16th Battalion, A.I.F., and of the Edward Millen Home, Victoria Park, to the place of interment, the Salvation Army portion of the Karrakatta Cemetery. The Funeral is appointed to leave the Private Mortuary of Messrs. Mead, Son and Co., 190 Albany road, Victoria Park, at 3 o'clock THIS (Saturday) AFTERNOON. Friends wishing to attend may proceed by the 3.10 o'clock train from Perth.
L. W. HARVEY, Secretary.
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