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Percy TREWBY

Regimental number4600
Place of birthWellington, New Zealand
SchoolKings College, Auckland, New Zealand
Age on arrival in Australia16.8
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, P Trewby, Oio, Main Trunk Line, North Island, New Zealand
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date9 September 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll13 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/19/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board RMS Osterley on 15 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 19 April 1918
Place of death or woundingHazebrouck, France
Age at death19.3
Place of burialEbblinghem Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 9), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
34
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Percy and Maria TREWBY. Native of Wellington, New Zealand
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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