Percy Edward BOELKE

Regimental number2608
Date of birth1889
Place of birthMount Torrens, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressMilang, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation28.8
Height5' 7.25"
Weight143 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Edith May Boelke, Milang, South Australia
Previous military servicePreviously rejected for AIF enlistment (medically unfit: vision).
Enlistment date21 May 1917
Place of enlistmentAdelaide, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name50th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/67/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 4 August 1917
Regimental number from Nominal Roll3608
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll50th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 6 December 1917
Discharge date9 October 1918
Other details

War service: enlisted Adelaide, 13 December 1915; admitted to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, North Adelaide, 15 December 1915 (mental derangement); transferred to Military Hospital, Keswick, 20 December 1915; discharged from the AIF, Adelaide, 18 April 1916 (acute mania).

Re-enlisted in the AIF, 22 May 1916; discharged (medically unfit not due to misconduct), 27 May 1916.

Re-enlisted, Adelaide, 21 May 1917;embarked Melbourne, 4 August 1917; admitted to ship's hospital, 1 September 1917 (insanity); transferred to hospital Colón, Panama, 1 September 1917; embarked Panama on board SS 'Marama' (undated); disembarked New Zealand and admitted to Porirua Mental Hospital; embarked Wellington, 14 March 1918; disembarked Adelaide from 'Llanstephan Castle', 9 April 1918, and admitted to 15th Australian General Hospital, Torrens Park (dementia).

Discharged from the AIF (medically unfit: dementia). 9 October 1918.

Medal: British War Medal
Date of death1950
Age at death61
Place of burialMount Torrens Public Cemetery, South Australia
SourcesNAA: B2455, BOELKE Percy Edward