KING, Percy Samuel
| Service Number: | 22200 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 December 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade |
| Born: | Kyneton, Victoria, Australia, 1883 |
| Home Town: | Kyneton, Macedon Ranges, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carrier |
| Died: | Kyneton, Victoria, Australia, 15 July 1948, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Kyneton Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Kyneton Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 22200 | |
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| 20 May 1916: | Involvement Driver, 22200, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 20 May 1916: | Embarked Driver, 22200, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, HMAT Medic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Peter Sunners
Percival Samuel King, known as Percy was born in 1883 in Kyneton, Victoria. He was the youngest son of Robert John King and Mary Ann Jones and the third of five children. His father Robert had migrated from Ireland with his family when he was fifteen years old. The family landed in Melbourne in 1868 and went immediately to Kyneton where they settled. His mother Mary was born in Melbourne,Victoria in 1855.
Prior to enlisting Percy worked as a carrier, presumably with his father who established his own carrying business. Percy enlisted, when he was 31 years old, on 29 December 1915 in Melbourne. He embarked for France on 29 March 1916. His brother William John King was also serving in France having embarked on 26 Oct 1915 with the 4th Light Horse Brigade. His brother was tragically killed in Amiens in a train accident on 9 December 1916.
Percy returned to Australia on 23 March 1919 and resumed his business as a carrier. He married Amelia Peiper in St. Paul's Church, Kyneton on 26 December 1928. He died of natural causes on 15 July 1948 and is buried in the Kyneton Cemetery, Victoria.
Biography contributed by Peter Sunners
Kyneton Guardian, Thursday 18 July 1918
A Kindly Thought.
The kindly thought of soldiers for each other is illustrated by a story that came to Kyrneton last mail. It will be remembered that Trooper W. J. King son of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. King, of Kyneton was killed in a railway accident in France some time ago. Percy King, his brother, in a letter home, tells how Captain Fyans searched for and found Trooper King's grave; then communicated with Driver Percy King, for whom he secured leave: and they, two, erected a maple cross with gold lettering and permanently walled in the grave of their brother and comrade. It is such kindly acts as this that make the Australian relatives at home thrill with gratitude to the Australian soldier abroad.
Biography contributed by Peter Sunners
Kyneton Guardian, Thursday 18 July 1918
A Kindly Thought.
The kindly thought of soldiers for each other is illustrated by a story that came to Kyrneton last mail. It will be remembered that Trooper W. J. King son of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. King, of Kyneton was killed in a railway accident in France some time ago. Percy King, his brother, in a letter home, tells how Captain Fyans searched for and found Trooper King's grave; then communicated with Driver Percy King, for whom he secured leave: and they, two, erected a maple cross with gold lettering and permanently walled in the grave of their brother and comrade. It is such kindly acts as this that make the Australian relatives at home thrill with gratitude to the Australian soldier abroad.