FREEMAN, Percy Cecil
Service Numbers: | 12401, Q124754 |
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Enlisted: | 11 May 1920 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 1st (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
Born: | LONDON, ENGLAND, 2 September 1900 |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
11 May 1920: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 12401 | |
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19 Oct 1920: | Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 12401 | |
7 Feb 1942: | Involvement Private, Q124754, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA) | |
7 Feb 1942: | Enlisted | |
7 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q124754, 1st (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) | |
12 Jan 1944: | Discharged | |
12 Jan 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q124754, 1st (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
Age
At the time of a newspaper report published on 18 April 1928, he was aged 27 years old.
Submitted 10 July 2022 by Eric Dutch
Miner
Trove.com.au newspaper records indicate Percy Cecil Freeman was an active miner in the Leonora - Murchison Goldfields of Western Australia.
A legacy prospect of shafts still exists in the area of the Melrose Pastoral station. (Image appended to site).
If anyone has further information about Percy, and his Miner Brother, who was active in the same area, are welcome to email [email protected] with further information.
Emerald Resources NL currently are intending to further develop the mining of the area.
Submitted 10 July 2022 by Eric Dutch