FRY, Percy Grist
| Service Number: | 19181 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 July 1917, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Army Medical Corps (AIF) |
| Born: | Mount Barker South Australia, Australia, 8 April 1899 |
| Home Town: | Mount Barker, Adelaide Hills, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Mount Barker High School |
| Occupation: | Draper's Assistant |
| Died: | Daw Park, South Australia, Australia, 9 November 1956, aged 57 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Section: KO, Road: 1A, Site No: 40 |
| Memorials: | Mount Barker High School Great War Honour Roll, Mount Barker Soldiers' Memorial Hospital Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Jul 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 19181, Army Medical Corps (AIF), Adelaide, SA | |
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| 21 Mar 1918: | Involvement Private, 19181, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Mar 1918: | Embarked Private, 19181, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Persic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Alexandra Holloway
Percy Grist Fry was born on the 8th of April 1899 to George Ernest Fry and Catherine Mary Fry. He had three siblings and was raised a Methodist.
At the age of 18 years and 2 months, he signed up to go to war, on the 2nd of July 1917. He was 5ft 4, and weighed 50kg. He was fair of skin, with blue eyes and brown hair. When he went to war, he was single. He embarked on the 21st of March 1918.
Units in which Served: 3rd Australian General Hospital, Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC)
He returned from the war alive on the ship 'Plassy' and went on to marry Myrtle Laura Fry in 1823 (aged 23) and had 2 children, living a long life, until he died of old age at the age of 64.
He was buried in the West Terrace Cemetary in Adelaide, Section KO, Road 1A, Site Number 40.
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