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HANNAFORD, Percival George
| Service Number: | 35204 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | Field Artillery Brigades |
| Born: | Glen Ewin District South Australia, 5 April 1889 |
| Home Town: | Tea Tree Gully, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Tea Tree Gully, South Australia, |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Gumeracha Hospital, South Australia,, 11 June 1976, aged 87 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Houghton Cemetery, S.A. |
| Memorials: | Houghton War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Nov 1915: | Involvement Gunner, 35204, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked Gunner, 35204, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Port Sydney, Melbourne | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Gunner, 35204 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Modbury High School
Percival GeorgeHannaford was born on the 5th of April 1889 in Tea Tree Gully. Prior to the war he worked as farmer. His father, George Hannaford and his mother Anne Sarah Watts raised him and his 8 other siblings.
Hannaford enlisted to the Field Artillery Brigade, Reinforcement 27 in Adelaide South Australia 4th of October 1916 at age 27. He embarked from Melbourne on the board HMAT A15 Port Sydney of the 9th of November 1917.
When the war ended Hannaford, Percival returned to Australia of 20th of June 1919 and continued to live on until his death of the 11th of June 1976 aged at 87 and was buried in Houghton Cemetery Adelaide of an unknown cause of death.
Biography contributed by Sandy Egel
Perc was the 5th child of twelve children.
He attended the Tea Tree Gully school, and after he left school he went woodcutting for his father George. George Hannaford used to deliver dray loads of wood to customers around Adelaide. After some time, Perc gained employment at the Glen Ewin Jam factory situated in Lower Hermitage.
War broke out and Perc enlisted in the Army. After serving in W.W.1. he returned to employment at Glen Ewin Jam factory, as a factory assistant and remained there until his retirement.
Perc married Eva Matilda Svensson on the 13.6.1921. They had 2 children Constance and Rex. Perc enjoyed his gardening both flowers and vegetables. He was known as a kind and gentle person and well respected by all those who knew him.
This information was obtained from his family in the history book "Memories Along The Murray 1893- 2003, The story of Gustav and Amy Svensson and their descendents" by Margaret Anne Egel.
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