EWING, Percy Ernest Neil
| Service Number: | QX14948 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 July 1940, Kelvin Grove, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Childers, Queensland, Australia, 29 September 1911 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Chiders High School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Bank Officer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Syria, 3 July 1941, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
Beirut War Cemetery 1 H 12 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Childers Isis District Roll of Honour, Childers Memorial Hall (Isis District Pictorial War Memorial) |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, QX14948 | |
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| 18 Jul 1940: | Involvement QX14948, d/d 3/7/1941 | |
| 18 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Private, QX14948, 2nd/25th Infantry Battalion, Kelvin Grove, Qld. | |
| 18 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX14948, 2nd/25th Infantry Battalion | |
| 3 Jul 1941: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William and Mary Francis Ewing, of Childers, Queensland, Australia.
PTE. P. E. N. EWING DIES
OF WOUNDS
CHILDERS. July 31.— Advice was received by his father this afternoon that Private Percy Ernest Neil Ewing, youngest son of Mr. William Ewing, Apple Tree Creek, had died of wounds on July 3. The late Pte. Ewing, who was 29 years of age enlisted in July, 1940, and left for overseas in March 1941. He was a brilliant scholar and was dux of the Childers High School Leaving school, he joined the National Bank of Australia Ltd. and was stationed at Bundaberg, Eidsvold, Milimerran and Goondiwindi before being transferred to the inspection branch of the bank at Brisbane. He is survived by two sisters, Sister Audrey Ewin, (General Hospital, Maryborough and Mrs. J. McAdam (Warra) and one brother, Mr. W. Ewing (Proserpine).
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