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Percy CHAMPION

Regimental number5672
Date of birth31 October 1895
Place of birthKadina, South Australia
SchoolKadina Public School, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationGrocer
AddressKadina, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs S Champion, Kadina, South Australia
Previous military serviceServed as Corporal, Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date13 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A37 Barambah on 27 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 6 October 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death21.11
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialDuhallow A.D.S. Cemetery (Plot IX, Row C, Grave No. 6), Ypres, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
58
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Ebenezer and Susan CHAMPION, Sophia Terrace, Kadina, South Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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