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TOWNSEND, Percy Patrick
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 2028, 2082 |
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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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Service History
World War 1 Service
11 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2028, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted, Lismore, NSW. | |
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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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