FENWICK, Percival Roy
Service Number: | 1904 |
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Enlisted: | 14 December 1915, Goulburn, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, 1893 |
Home Town: | Goulburn, Goulburn Mulwaree, New South Wales |
Schooling: | District High School, Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Stock Dealer |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 February 1917 |
Cemetery: |
Bancourt British Cemetery Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 11 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
14 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1904, 55th Infantry Battalion, Goulburn, NSW | |
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23 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 1904, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Barambah embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: '' | |
23 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 1904, 55th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Barambah, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Robert and Mary FENWICK, 4 Wayo Street, Goulburn, NSW
ONE OF THE BEST THAT GOD COULD SEND BELOVED BY ALL A FAITHFUL FRIEND
The sad news was received on Wednesday that Pte. Percy Fenwick, third son of Mr. and. Mrs. Robert Fenwick, of Wayo-street, North Goulburn, was killed in action in France on 23rd February. Pte. Fenwick left Goulburn in June last year with reinforcements for the 55th Battalion. Before enlisting he was assisting his father in the droving business. He was a young fellow of most pleasant disposition, and was liked by all who knew him. The deepest sympathy will be felt for his relatives. He has four brothers—Ernest: (employed at Mr. H. A. Beegling's); Lorne (a gunner; now at the front) Colin, who is helping his father,and Clifton, who is attending school. There are three sisters—Mrs. N. Peters, Chatsbury, Mrs. L. Walker, Goulburn, and Miss Vera Fenwick (employed at Messrs. Walmsley and Co.'s).
In a recent letter the late Pte. Fenwick remarked that there were "too many Fridays in this business for him," and that he would very likely be fixed up on a Friday. It is a strange coincidence that he enlisted on a Friday, went into camp on a Friday, went to Sydney on a Friday, sailed from Sydney on a Friday, arrived in England on a Friday, left England for France on a Friday, and — sad to relate — lost his life on a Friday.