BURGESS, Percy Waterford B.
| Service Number: | 4435 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Carrington New South Wales, Australia, 4 June 1896 |
| Home Town: | Carrington, Great Lakes, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Islington, New South Wales, Australia, 25 August 1944, aged 48 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 2-37. 55. |
| Memorials: | Carrington Connolly Park War Memorial Gates, Carrington Football Club HR |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4435, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 15 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4435, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 15 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4435, 3rd Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Sydney | |
| 20 Apr 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 29 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 4435, 3rd Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, GSW right arm | |
| 3 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 4435, 3rd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
76 years ago today, on the Sunday afternoon of the 27th August 1944, (1 funeral on this day), Driver Percy Waterford B Burgess, 3rd Battalion (Reg No-4435), labourer from Little Denison Street, Carrington, New South Wales and 11 Islington Street, Islington, N.S.W., father of two, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 48. CATHOLIC 2-37. 55.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134261904 - funeral notice does not state service.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article167607123 - funeral notice states service.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article167600134 - obituary states foundation member of Wickham/Carrington RSL sub - Branch.
Born at Carrington, New South Wales on the 4th June 1896 to John and Margaret Jane Burgess; husband of Blanche Burgess nee Mitchison (married 1921, Newcastle, N.S.W., died 1956?), Percy enlisted August 1915 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 29.4.1918 (GSW right arm - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140985817), Percy returned home June 1919, being discharged on the 3rd August 1919.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139436699
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139442263
Mr Burgess’s name has been inscribed on the Carrington Citizens' Memorial Gates (photos, unveiled on the 23rd February 1924) and the Carrington Football Club Roll of Honor.
There is no indication on Percy’s headstone to tell us of his service with the 1st A.I.F., so I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label, kindly supplied by Andrea Gerrard and John Thomas, in remembrance of his duty for God, King and Country (wrong date of death inscribed, should read 25th Aug) .
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=29795#2
Younger brother Alfred (Reg No-381, 34th Battalion, born 1899, died 1944 - CATHOLIC 2-55. 104.) also resting at the cemetery.
Older brothers George William (Reg No-1, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, born 1875, died 1940 - CATHOLIC 1-19. 21.) and Walter John (Reg No-25, 54th Battalion, born 1882, died 1926 - CATHOLIC 1-25. 60.) and Hercules Clemens (Reg No-2332, 3rd Battalion, born 1887, died 1946 - CATHOLIC 2-40. 38.) also resting at the cemetery.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162571168 - The Fighting Family of Carrington.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162564766 - photo of Percy and Hercules.
Percy’s son Percy John (NX137186, born 1922, died 1981) served with the 2nd A.I.F.
Lest We Forget.
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