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Percival James Garfield GELLON

Regimental number785
Place of birthEaglehawk, Victoria
Place of birthEaglehawk, Bendigo, Victoria
SchoolEaglehawk Stat School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationGroom
Address53 Wills Street, Bendigo, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinWife, Mrs R C Gellon, 53 Wills Street, Bendigo, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Bendigo Infantry for 3 years.
Enlistment date18 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, G Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A20 Hororata on 19 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 5 September 1915
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Stated to be Percival Gellon on NR
Place of death or woundingGaba Tepe, Gallipoli, Turkey
Date of death5 July 1915
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialShrapnel Valley Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 9), Anzac, Gallipoli
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
50
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Elizabeth GELLON; husband of Ruby GELLON, 51 Newell Street, Footscray, Victoria
Family/military connectionsCousin: 1226 Pte Leslie Washington MILLER, 14th Bn, killed in action, 8 August 1915.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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

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