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Percival Charles SEDUNARY

Regimental number3324
Place of birthMarion, South Australia
SchoolMitcham Public School, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationShop assistant
AddressRichmond Road, Westbourne Park, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Height5' 9.25"
Weight123 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Ada Maria Sedunary, Richmond Road, Westbourne Park, South Australia
Previous military serviceServed in the Senior Cadets for 6 years (4 years Commissioned rank, Captain): still serving at time of AIF enlistment.
Enlistment date9 August 1915
Place of enlistmentAdelaide, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate Acting Sergant
Unit name27th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 12 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPTE (A/SGT)
Unit from Nominal Roll32nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of death or woundingFleurbaix, France (Battle of Fromelles)
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialRue-Petillon Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row K, Grave No. 72), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
121
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Ada SEDUNARY, richmond road, Westbourne Park, South Australia
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Taken on strength of 32nd Bn, Duntroon Plateau, and reverted to the rank of Private, 6 April 1916.

Found guilty, Ferry Post, 2 May 1916, of washing clothes in vicinity of water taps: awarded 3 days' confined to barracks.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916.

Killed in action, 19 July 1916.

Buried at Eaton Hall Cemetery by Reverend J. Green, 20 July 1916.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, SEDUNARY Percival Charles

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