William Percy HUNGERFORD

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HUNGERFORD, William Percy

Service Number:	2646
Enlisted:	22 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	19th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Martinsville, New South Wales, Australia, 21 February 1897
Home Town:	Repton, Bellingen, New South Wales
Schooling:	Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 28 February 1917, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

World War 1 Service

22 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2646, 19th Infantry Battalion
2 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 2646, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 2646, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
5 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2646, 19th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
28 Feb 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2646, 19th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From: In Remembrance: Hungerford and Associated Families in the Great War 1914-1918

HUNGERFORD, William Percy
Regimental Number: 2646
Unit Name: 19th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement

Religion: Church of England

Occupation: Labourer

Address: Martinsville, NSW

Age of Enlistment: 22 years and 5 months

Enlistment Date and Place: 22 July 1915, Newcastle, NSW

Next of Kin: Mother, Mrs. Janet Heaton, Bellinger River, NSW, then Dora Creek, NSW

Rank on Enlistment: Private

Embarkation Details: Unit embarked from Sydney, NSW, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 2 November 1915

Rank from Nominal Roll: Private

Unit from Nominal Roll: 19th Battalion

Campaigns Served: France

War Service/Promotions: Taken on Strength from Reinforcements 5 February 1916. Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force, 18 March 1916, Alexandria, Egypt. Disembarked Marseilles, France, 25 March 1916. Wounded in action, France, 30 July 1916. Rejoined 19th Battalion from hospital 5 August 1916, Rouen, France. Over the next 4 months he was admitted to hospital on many occasions, with boils and bronchitis. On 4 January 1917 he marched in to Etaples, France. On 27 January 1917 he rejoined his battalion in France. Hospitalised on 2 February 1917 with scabies, discharged to duty 24 February 1917.

Place of Wounding: 30 July 1916, France.

Fate: Killed in action, 28 February 1917. He is commorated on the Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France.

Place of Death: Mallen Court, France

Place of Burial: No known Grave

Panel Number Roll of Honour AWM: 88

Medals/Citations: 1914/15 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal

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