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Percival Seymour TOWNSEND

Regimental number1713
Place of birthMount Torrens South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCommission agent
AddressLameroo, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Ann Townsend, same address
Enlistment date3 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name43rd Battalion, 1st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/60/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A19 Afric on 9 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll43rd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 4 July 1918
Place of burialDaours Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row D, Grave No. 25), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
137
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alfred and Mary Ann TOWNSEND. Native of Mount Torrens, South Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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