WYNNE  P.M.

Given Names:  Percy Meredith

               

Service Number:  20026

Unit:  Field Artillery Brigade 8, Bty 31                                                                               

Rank:  Driver   

Paybook Number:  112292

 

Age:  20 Yrs   

Occupation:  Station Overseer                                                                                        

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  8 In                     

Weight:  146 Lbs

Chest:  33-37 In

Hair:  Fair

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fair

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  7/2/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Edwin Percy Wynne

Grange Road, Kew, Victoria                                                                                             

Embarkation Date:  20/5/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Medic A7

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Died of wounds

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Disembarked: 

Unit:  7th Field Artillery Brigade                                                                                                     

Rank:  Driver

Discharge Date:                                       

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MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  40225

Victory Medal:  39825

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  16/1/1896

Place:  Ballarat, Victoria                           

Father:  Edwin Percy WYNNE                  

Mother:  Jessie RANKIN

 

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 31/8/1918                          

Place: Mont Saint-Quentin, Peronne, France                                                            

Burial:  Hem Farm Military Cemetery, Hem-Monacu, France

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Hit by a shell; abdomen & right arm (blown off); was carried to Casualty Clearing Station & died shortly thereafter

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

Trinity Grammar

Australian War Memorial

Memorial Plaque: 353575

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

 

Kew Rotary