FEATHERSTONE, Percy George
| Service Numbers: | 307, 5089 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 April 1902, Hobart |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 42nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Oatlands, Tasmania, Australia, 23 July 1881 |
| Home Town: | Ross, Northern Midlands, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Farmer & Labourer |
| Died: | Illness, Bordertown, South Australia, 10 August 1953, aged 72 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bordertown Cemetery, South Australia Old Section, Bordertown Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Municipality of Ross Roll of Honour, Ross War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 24 Apr 1902: | Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 307, 8th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, Hobart |
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World War 1 Service
| 10 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5089, 12th Infantry Battalion, Ross, Tasmania | |
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| 29 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 5089, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 29 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 5089, 12th Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne | |
| 29 Feb 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5089, 42nd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Percy was born as Percival John FEATHERSTONE in Oatlands, Tasmania on 23rd July, 1881
His parents were George FEATHERSTONE & Harriet JONES (later TEMPLETON)
He married Mabel DORAN on 5th December, 1912 in Launceston and she died months before he enlisted in WW1
He enlisted in the Boer War (SN 307) in the 8th Battalion, Commonwealth Horse and also in WW1 on 10th January, 1916 (SN 5089) - he embarked from Melbourne with the 12th Infantry Battalion, 16th reinforcements on the RMS Orontes on 29th March, 1916
He returned to Australia in 1920 on the ship Ormonde , with his 2nd wife Elsie HARRIS who he married in Birmingham, England in 1918 & their baby daughter Mary Lillywhite and was discharged on 29th February, 1920
George died in Bordertown, South Australia on 10th August, 1953 & is buried in the Bordertown Cemetery (old section) - his wife Elsie died in 1966 & was cremated at Centennial Park Cemetery in Adelaide
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