Percy MEPSTEAD

MEPSTEAD, Percy

Service Number: 6298
Enlisted: 17 June 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 10th Infantry Battalion
Born: Bordertown, South Australia, Australia, 18 March 1892
Home Town: Naracoorte, Naracoorte and Lucindale, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Fitter
Died: Killed in Action, France, 7 May 1917, aged 25 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Naracoorte War Memorial, Naracoorte and District Town Hall Honour Board WW1, Port Wakefield Memorial Arch, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

17 Jun 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6298, Enlisted at Adelaide
28 Aug 1916: Involvement Private, 6298, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
28 Aug 1916: Embarked Private, 6298, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Adelaide

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son  of John Mepstead and Annie (nee Venn) Mepstead of Naracoorte, SA; brother of Isabella Mepstead, Willam John Mepstead, Joseph Job Mepstead, Thomas Councillor Mepstead, George Mepstead, Charlotte Mepstead and James Mepstead

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal