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NAIRN, Percy John

Service Number:	150
Enlisted:	16 January 1915
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	5th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Goolwa, South Australia, 22 May 1894
Home Town:	Alberton, Port Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Natural causes, South Australia, 8 November 1976, aged 82 years
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Cremated
Memorials:	Rosewater Womens Memorial Roll of Honour WW1

World War 1 Service

16 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant
31 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 150, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
31 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 150, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
2 Jun 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 5th Field Artillery Brigade
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Gunner, 150
Date unknown:	Wounded 150, 27th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

Reverted from Sergeant to Gunner at own request in June 1916