Regimental number | 2230 |
Place of birth | Stratford, Victoria |
School | State School, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Jeparit, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Height | 5' 8.25" |
Weight | 122 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Eliza Ann Penglase, Jeparit, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Horsham, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 60th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/77/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A67 Orsova on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 60th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 22 |
Place of burial | Mericourt L'Abbe Communal Cemetery (Plot III, Row F, Grave No. 7), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 170 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Alfred and Ann PENGLASE, Haddon, Ballarat, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 1025 Pte Albert Ernest PENGLASE, 24th Bn, returned to Australia, 28 March 1919; 2379 Driver Arthur Tonkin PENGLASE, 4th Division Train, returned to Australia, 4 July 1919; |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Melbourne, 1 August 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 14 September 1916. Proceeded overseas to France, 6 December 1916; taken on strength, 60th Bn, in the field, 14 January 1917. Admitted to 5th Division Rest Station, 24 March 1917 (influenza); transferred to 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing station, 2 april 1917; to Ambulance Train, 5 April 1917, and admitted to 3rd Stationary Hospital, Rouen, 6 April 1917; transferred to 2nd Convalescent Depot, 9 April 1917; discharged to 5th Australian division Base Depot, Etaples, 8 May 1917; rejoined Bn, in the field, 14 May 1917. Admitted to 8th Australian Field Ambulance, 25 September 1917 (shrapnel wound, contused back), and transferred to 5th Division Rest Station; discharged to duty, 29 September 1917; rejoined 60th Bn, 1 October 1917. Admitted to 15th Australian Field Ambulance, 11 January 1918 (scabies), and transferred to 5th Division Rest Station, and thenc to 25th General Hospital; discharged to duty, 29 January 1918; marched in to Intermediate Base Depot, 3 February 1918. Admitted to 39th General Hospital, 6 February 1918 (not yet diagnosed); discharged to duty, 10 March 1918 (impetigo); rejoined Bn, in the field, 26 March 1918. Found guilty, 5 April 1918, of when on Active Service being absent withiout leave from 5 am, 29 March, until surrendering himself to the Military Police at 5.25 pm, 1 April: awarded 14 days' Field Punishment No 2, and forfeited a total of 14 days' pay. Admitted to 14th Australian field Ambulance, 26 April 1918 (not yet diagnosed); discharged to duty, and rejoined Bn, 27 April 1918. Killed in action, 4 July 1918. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, PENGLASE Percival Roy |