Percy Lionel WITHERS

WITHERS, Percy Lionel

    Service Numbers: 2018, 2018B
    Enlisted: 29 April 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 18th Infantry Battalion
    Born: London, England, 1870
    Home Town: Randwick, Randwick, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Electrical Mechanic
    Died: Jaundice, Ghezireh, Cairo, Egypt, 6 January 1916
    Cemetery: Cairo War Memorial Cemetery
    Row D, Grave 247
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    29 Apr 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2018, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    9 Aug 1915: Involvement Private, 2018, 20th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
    9 Aug 1915: Embarked Private, 2018, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney
    29 Oct 1915: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 18th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 20th Battalion given number 2018B
    6 Jan 1916: Involvement Private, 2018B, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2018B awm_unit: 18 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-01-06

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Husband of Edith Withers of 33 Burton Street, Randwaick, NSW and who died in February 1920. Father of Vivian H. Withers of'Cooinoo' Minnesota Street, Five Dock, NSW, Edmund de Lille Withers and  Florence Ellen Withers

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Served an apprenticeship with Crumpton Electrical Co. of London, England

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