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Percy Thomas AINSWORTH

Regimental number2682
Place of birthBathurst, New South Wales
SchoolPublic School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationIronworker
AddressWoolesley Street, Fairfield, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, William Ainsworth, Woolesley Street, Fairfield, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed for three years in the 7th Light Horse, Parramatta.
Enlistment date25 July 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name38th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/55/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 9 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll38th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularAlways a good comrade and respected by all.
FateDied of wounds 8 June 1917
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Date of death8 June 1917
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialTrois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row N, Grave No. 20), Steenwerck, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
129
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Eliza Ellen AINSWORTH, Fairfield, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsCousin: Joseph Ainsworth who fell after three years fighting.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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