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GABELL, Percy Walter
| Service Number: | 6252 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 June 1916, Adelaide South Australia Australia |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Stepney, South Australia, 26 January 1887 |
| Home Town: | Stepney, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Horse Driver |
| Died: | Adelaide, South Australia, 7 October 1973, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Norwood Primary School Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jun 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 6252, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, embarkation_roll: roll_number: 10 embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note:
20th reinforcements |
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| 20 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide South Australia Australia | |
| 20 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6252, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
| 28 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, HMAT Anchises A68 | |
| 1 Jul 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 6252, 27th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6252, 27th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road, GSW hand and chest (severe) | |
| 19 Mar 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1 | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6252, 27th Infantry Battalion |
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Surname: GABELL; Given Names: Percy Walter; Date of Birth: 26 January 1887; Date of Enlistment: 20 June 1916; Trade or Calling: Driver; Birth Location: Stepney; Address prior to enlistment: 4 Nelson St Stepney; Photograph sent by: Mr Gabell
Source: State Records SA
Detail from service record
Mother Mrs Caroline Louisa Gabell
Embarked with the 20th Reinforcements of the 10th Battalion on the HMAT Anchises
Disembarked Plymouth England 11 October 1916
Assigned to No 3 Training Battalion 25 October 1916
Transferred to the 27th Battalion via Etaples in December 1916
AWOL 14 March 1917 - awarded 24hrs detention
7 July 1917 - Promoted Lance Corporal
2nd October 1917 Wounded in action GSW (Gun Shot Wound or General Shrapnel Wound) left hand and chest - severe. At this time the Battalion was engaged in the fighting near Ypres in Belgium.
Evacuated on RMS Queen Elizabeth to the UK admitted to 3 Auxiliary Hospital at Dartford.
He did not return to the front. His wounds were sufficiently serious that he was identified for repatriation to Australia.
He was Discharged at Keswick Barracks in Adelaide (HQ 4th Military District) 19th March 1918
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