ROUND, Percy Florence
| Service Number: | 5756 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Warragul, Victoria, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Sandringham, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Melbourne C of E Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Estate Agent |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Aeroplane Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium IV A 14 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melbourne Grammar School WW1 Fallen Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5756, 5th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 4 Apr 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5756, 5th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Apr 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5756, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 4 Apr 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5756, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides with 17th reinforcements |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Son of Charles and Isabella ROUND
PERCY FLORENCE ROUND who was killed in action on 4th October 1917 in France was the son of Mr. Charles H. Round. He was born in 1891 and was at the School from 1905 to 1908, and on matriculating left School and was a Law student when
he enlisted in the 5th Battalion and served through the dreadful Somme battles.
In his last letters he mentioned taking part in successful engagements on 20th and 29th September. On 4th October he was engaged on a machine gun outpost in an advanced part of the line when a shell burst and killed himself and four others. After the battle (Broodseinde) their bodies were taken back about half a mile and
buried at Garter Post.
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