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TOWNSEND, Percy Patrick

Service Numbers:	2028, 2082
Enlisted:	11 January 1915, Enlisted, Lismore, NSW.
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1865
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Repatriation General Hospital - Greenslopes, Qld, 12 June 1956, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Hemmant Cemetery and Crematorium, Brisbane, Queensland Grave Location: Monumental-D-7-19. Also his (DVA) Official Commemoration - Memorial Location: Wall 1/Row Q; at the Queensland Garden of Remembrance (within Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery) Bridgeman Downs, Qld, Australia.
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World War 1 Service

11 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2028, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted, Lismore, NSW.
16 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 2028, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
16 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2082, 9th Infantry Battalion
16 Apr 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2082, 9th Infantry Battalion, Embarked: 16/04/1915, HMAT Kyarra A55; Rank: Lance Corporal (from his enlistment date, 11/01/1915); (NAA, Pg's, 1, 4) Service Record of Lance Corporal: Percy Patrick TOWNSEND, SN 2028.
16 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 2028, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
4 Sep 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 9th Infantry Battalion
17 Jan 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 2028, 9th Infantry Battalion, Discharged: 17/01/1917, 1st Medical District, Brisbane, Qld. (NAA, Pg-44) Service Record of Corporal: Percy Patrick TOWNSEND, SN 2028.
19 Apr 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, AWM Honours and Awards; Corporal: Percy Patrick TOWNSEND, SN 2028.

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