Percy George CAWKILL

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Service Number:	1870
Enlisted:	19 December 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Colac, Victoria, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Geelong West, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, 3 July 1970, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Altona Memorial Park, Victoria Rock Pool, Garden Bed 4, Section GN, Site 6
Memorials:

19 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1870, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
14 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 1870, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
14 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 1870, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
21 Jan 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1870, 5th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to dysentery

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Enlisted under alias of James Vaughan. Son of George Cawkill and Ellen Cawkill nee McClelland of Colac, Victoria

Next of kin given as his sister Florence Vaughan of King Street, Geelong West, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 18 October 1917 aboard HT Beltana disembarking on 10 December 1917

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1918c, under the name of Percy Cawkill he married Florence Catherine Reilly in Victoria