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TONKIN, Percy Sydney

Service Numbers:	16311, S85641
Enlisted:	17 August 1918
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Mechanical Transport Companies (AIF)
Born:	Minlaton, South Australia, 11 September 1889
Home Town:	Minlaton, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	27 February 1981, aged 91 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
Memorials:	Minlaton War Memorial WW1

World War 1 Service

8 May 1918:	Embarked Private, 16311, Mechanical Transport Companies (AIF), RMS Osterley, Sydney
8 May 1918:	Involvement Private, 16311, Mechanical Transport Companies (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
17 Aug 1918:	Enlisted
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Driver, 16311

World War 2 Service

3 Mar 1943:	Involvement Private, S85641
3 Mar 1943:	Enlisted Lameroo, SA
3 Mar 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, S85641
9 Feb 1945:	Discharged

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