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EYRE, Percival Hurtle George
| Service Number: | 1853 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 41st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Owen, South Australia, Australia, 8 December 1886 |
| Home Town: | Owen, Wakefield, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station Master |
| Died: | 4 Mosley Street Glenelg, South Australia, Australia, 5 July 1947, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Kendrew Oval Row 7 Site 14 |
| Memorials: | Georgetown WW1 Roll of Honor, Port Wakefield Memorial Arch |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 1853, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
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| 5 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 1853, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Afric, Melbourne | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Gunner, 1853, 41st Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by St Ignatius' College
Percival Hurtle George Eyre was born in Owen, South Australia, on the 8th of December 1886 and was 28 years and 10 months old when he enlisted in the war on the 24th of September. His occupation before the war was a station master. His next of kin during the war was his wife, Louisa Jane Eyre. He had 3 children of his own and 4 brothers, but no sisters. He had a younger brother who also enlisted in the war. He was a corporal who was named Leslie Francis Robert Eyre, but sadly passed away on the 30th of March 1918 during the war in Belgium after he was wounded on the 23rd of November.
Percival Hurtle George Eyre signed up for World War 1 in Adelaide. He trained at Morphettville. He most likely recognised some mates who were there. On the fourth of September 1915, he was a part of the official Morphettville racecourse parade alongside 68 officers and 1,744 other men. A week after the parade, a party of nurses joined from Adelaide Hospital, and many men found them as a distraction while training. Battalion training officially commenced a day before the parade. They were taught physical fitness, night and day visual training, judging distance, nighttime movement, nighttime noise, guards and outposts, and fieldcraft.
He started as a 3rd Light Horseman, then transferred to the 9th Light Horseman as part of the 41st Infantry Battalion. He then got moved to the 5th Division Artillery on 4th May 1916 until the end of the war. During the war, he was located in France, England, and Belgium.
Percival Hurtle George Eyre fought in the Battle of Fromelles (July 1916), Third Battle of Ypres, (July 1917), and Battle of Amiens (August 3rd to August 27th 1918).
He was sick in the hospital on the 27th September 1917. He had a slight haemorrhoid in Portsmouth, England, on the 10th October 1917. He was sent to Flag Hospital in England because of indigestion on the 30th January 1918, and rejoined his battalion on 5th February 1918. He was admitted to isolation on the 28th February 1918 with a case of scabies and came back to service on 23rd March 1918.
He died on the 5th of July 1947, and he is buried in the cemetery on West Terrace, Adelaide.
Reference List
Percy Hurtle George Eyre (1886-1947) - Find a... 2015, Findagrave.com, viewed 17 September 2025, <https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151126340/percy-hurtle_george-eyre>.
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Graves, W 2017, Corporal Leslie Francis Robert Eyre (1891-1918) -..., Findagrave.com, viewed 18 September 2025, <https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56496530/leslie_francis_robert-eyre>.
Terrace, V 2025, View digital copy, Naa.gov.au, viewed 19 September 2025, <https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=3546071>.
AWM4 13/14/18 - July 1917 2025, Awm.gov.au, viewed 19 September 2025, <https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1353365?image=26>.
Percival Hurtle George (Percy) EYRE 2025b, Vwma.org.au.
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