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Percy HADLEY

Regimental number6507
Place of birthNarracan near Morwell, Gippsland, Victoria
SchoolState School
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationGrocer
AddressCommercial Road, Morwell, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs L Hadley, Commercial Road, Morwell, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Citizen Military Forces, Melbourne.
Enlistment date3 August 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Battalion, 21st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/22/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 2 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted early 1915, discharged later as medically unfit; underwent operation. Offered himself repeatedly until accepted again in 1916.
FateDied of disease 13 September 1917
Place of death or woundingBullecourt, France
Place of burialMelcombe Regis Cemetery (Plot Ii, Row C, Grave No. 3146), Dorset, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
43
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Lucy HADLEY, "Morwell", Commercial road, Gippsland

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