Percy Henry KEARY

Regimental number1361
Place of birthHungerford, Queensland
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationHorse driver
AddressMount Hope, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20.10
Height5' 5"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinMother, J W Keary, Mount Hope, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date14 November 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name13th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/30/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on 11 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll13th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 9 December 1918
Discharge date13 May 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Admitted to 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital, Abbassia, Egypt, 28 June 1915; discharged from hospital, 3 August 1915; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 37 days.

Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HT 'Port Lincoln', 4 August 1915; disembarked Melbourne, 2 September 1915, and admitted to Lanwarrin Isolation Hospital; discharged from hospital, as fir for duty, 16 September 1915.

Re-embarked on board Ht 'Ballarat', to rejoin unit, 16 February 1916.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Argyllshire', 9 December 1918; discharged (medically unfit: fractured pelvis), Sydney, 13 May 1919.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death21 June 1976
Place of burialRookwood Crematorium, Sydney, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, KEARY Percy Henry