ALSON, Percival George
| Service Number: | 983 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 September 1915, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, SA, 1884 |
| Home Town: | Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Traveller |
| Died: | Death attributed to War Service, Daws Road Hospital, Springbank, SA, 27 April 1947 |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Prospect Roll of Honour A-G WWI Board, South Australian Garden of Remembrance |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 983, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, SA | |
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| 9 Jun 1916: | Involvement Sergeant, 983, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Jun 1916: | Embarked Sergeant, 983, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Husband of Mrs Eileen Sybella Alson, c/o R A Guard, 'Taldanunoie,' Le Hunte Avenue, Prospect, South Australia
ALSON.—On April 27, at Dawes road Hospital, Percival George Alson, late Postmaster, Virginia, and Sgt., 43rd Batt., First AIF, beloved elder son of Freda (Gard) and the late George Alson, and loving brother of Ivy (Mrs. L. Grater, Sydney). Aged 62 years. At rest.
Biography contributed by Adelaide Botanic High School
Percival George Alson was born in February of 1884, in Adelaide, South Australia, and had two siblings. He was married to a woman named Eileen Sybella, and she was listed as his next of kin. His job was a traveller, and his hometown was Port Pirie, in South Australia. Alson was 5'7", weighed 63 kilograms, his eyes and hair were brown, and his chest was slightly above 36 inches. His mother’s name was Freda Gard, and his sister was Ivy, the other sibling's name could not be found.
Alson enlisted when he was 31 years old on the 17th of September 1915, having six years of experience in the Militia as a member of the Port Pirie Rifle Club. He was first appointed in the Second Depot Battalion, only to leave for NCO school to become a Sergeant. Out of the 27 groups created, he was in the 11th group, becoming a sergeant on 20th of March 1916. He embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board the HMAT A19 AFRIC on the 9th of June 1916. Alson, embarked from Egypt and disembarked at Marseilles, France, in July 1916 with the 43rd Infantry Battalion B section, where he would fight. His regimental number was 983.
On the 27th of April 1947, Alson died in Daws Road Hospital in South Australia, at the age of 63. He now rests in Centennial Park Cemetery in Adelaide, South Australia.
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