Percy John VAWSER

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Service Number:	198
Enlisted:	1 July 1915, Enlisted at Keswick, SA
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mount Gambier, South Australia, 17 December 1890
Home Town:	Glenelg, Holdfast Bay, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fireman, South Australian Railways
Died:	23 May 1935, aged 44 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mitcham Cemetery, S.A.
Memorials:	Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Glenelg and District WW1 & WW2 Honour Board, Peterborough Public School Honour Board WW1, Peterborough Roll of Honor WW1, Peterborough War Memorial

1 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 198, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Keswick, SA
18 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 198, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 198, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
20 Jul 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 32nd Infantry Battalion, In the field
3 Sep 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 32nd Infantry Battalion, In the field
24 Nov 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 198, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to the forehead. Evacuated to England on 5 December 1916
24 Apr 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 32nd Infantry Battalion, In the field
24 Jun 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 198, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Wound to the buttock
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Sergeant, 198, 32nd Infantry Battalion
8 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 198, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged as medically unfit
Date unknown:	Wounded 198, 32nd Infantry Battalion

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Son of William Vawser and Emma (nee Bentley) Vawser of 27 Chancery Lane, Glenelg, SA; brother of William Hayden Vawser and Harold Lyall Vawser

13 April 1919 - commenced return to Australia on Board T Wyreema disembarking on the 27 May 1919

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 21 October 1920 Percy married Kathleen Frances Burns at the residence of Robert Burns, Unley, SA