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Percy Edward LEMON

Regimental number4568
Place of birthBrighton, Victoria
SchoolRichmond Central State School, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationShipping clerk
AddressTrevelyan Street, Elsternwick, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinWife, Mrs Violet Lemon, Trevelyan Street, Elsternwick, Victoria
Enlistment date29 September 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name29th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/46/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 16 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll32nd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 21 March 1918
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Age at death28
Place of burialOuttersteene Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row B, Grave No. 41), Bailleul, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
120
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: robert and Emma LEMON; husband of V. I> LEMON, 686 High Street, Armadale, Victoria. Native of Brighton, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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