SMITH P.C.

Given Names:  Percy Clement

Service Number:  5898

Unit:  2nd Divisional Signal Company                                                                               

Rank:  Sapper 

Paybook Number:  66670

Age:  22 Yrs  1 Mth

Occupation:  Bank Clerk                                                                                                 

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  2½ In                  

Weight:  140 Lbs

Chest:  31-33½ In

Hair:  Dark

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Fresh

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  25/9/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  William Ernest Smith

Clarkedale', Station Street, East Kew, Victoria                                                                   

Embarkation Date:  28/1/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Thermistocles A32

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Port Napier                                      

Embarked:  12/5/1919                               

Disembarked:  2/7/1919

Unit:  4th Divisional Signal Company                                                                                              

Rank:  Sapper

Discharge Date:  25/8/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  34024

Victory Medal:  33780

Other:    Military Medal

BIRTH

Date or Year:  15/3/1893

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  William Ernest SMITH                 

Mother:  Bessie BLEWETT

MARRIAGE

Year:  1926     

Place:  Victoria

Spouse: Dorothy Elizabeth Ruth GOULD

DEATH

Date or Year: 17/8/1982                          

Place: Fitzroy, Victoria                             

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Military Medal recommendation datd 16/4/1918; on the morning of 5/4/1918 between Ribemont and Buire, one of three men who maintained communications under very heavy shell fire

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Kew RSL

St Hilary’s Church

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  V372583                                     

Date Enlisted:  15/3/1942                                        

Date Discharged:  9/10/1945

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