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Percy Adolphus HOWARTH

Regimental number4555
Place of birthMount Rankin
SchoolBathurst District School, Bathurst, NSW
Age on arrival in Australia20
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressBridge Street, Perthville via Bathurst, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, J Howarth, Bridge Street, Perthville via Bathurst, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the Cadets.
Enlistment date28 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name20th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/37/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 9 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll20th Battalion
FateDied whilst a Prisoner of War 23 April 1918
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialFouquescourt British Cemetery (Plot III, Row J, Grave No. 6), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
91
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Louisa HOWARTH, Perthville, New South Wales. Native of Mount Rankin, Bathurst, New South Wales

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