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Percy Stewart HOLLOWAY

Regimental number1064
Place of birthWalthamstow England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationRailway porter
Addressc/o Miss L Stephens, Wattle Avenue, Richmond, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinWilliam Sharp, 68 Claverdon Road, West Croydon, England
Enlistment date1 October 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameField Ambulance 4, Section B
AWM Embarkation Roll number26/47/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board TRANSPORT A35 Berrima on 22 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal RollNo 1 Australian General Hospital
FateReturned to Australia 8 October 1918
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in South Australian Garden of Remembrance
Medals

Military Medal

'Near BULLECOURT, (Regimental Aid Post), on the night of 10th/11th May 1917, this man led his stretcher squad repeatedly through a barrage of shrapnel and enabled wounded to be rapidly evacuated from an area of great danger. He showed courage and coolness of an exceptionally high order, and his gallant conduct stimulated his men and was the means of saving the lives of wounded stretcher cases.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 189
Date: 8 November 1917

Date of death4 February 1984

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