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SMITH, Percival George
| Service Number: | 6643 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 October 1916, at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia , July 1892 |
| Home Town: | Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Soap miller |
| Died: | Prospect, Adelaide, South Australia , 8 September 1949, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Loyal Mount Gambier Lodge No 47 Great War Roll of Honour, Loyal Mount Gambier Lodge No 47 I.O.O.F. M.U. Great War Roll of Honor Board |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6643, 27th Infantry Battalion, at Adelaide | |
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| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 6643, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 6643, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Adelaide |
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Percival George Smith Biography:
Percival George Smith was born in June 1892 in Ballarat Victoria. Before the war, Smith worked a Soap miller. Smith grew up in Ballarat with his parents, George and Hannah Smith and later lived in Mount Gambier. Along side his three brothers Francis, George and Raymond. He measured 5 foot 9 inches and 125 pounds.
Smith left to go to war from Adelaide, South Australia in 1916, October. Through 1917 he was repeatedly ill in hospital while serving in England and was sent across to France in December 1917. He served through 1918 on the Western Front with the 27th Battalion and 7th Brigade HQ. He was awarded two service medals, the British war medal and Victory Medal. The British medal was awarded for his participation in World War 1. The Victory medal was also for fighting in the war. He discharged in October of 1919.
After returning to Australia on the 22nd of May 1920 be married Olive Ruth Sowton. With Olive he had one daughter named Marion Smith. He wife passed away shortly after in 1928, followed by his passing 1949 at the age of 57.
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