Percy DRANSFIELD

Regimental number1965
Date of birth1 October 1892
Place of birthHobart, Tasmania
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressHobart, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23.10
Height5' 10.5"
Weight168 lbs
Next of kinFather, Richard Dransfield, Colebrook, Tasmania
Previous military serviceNil (previously rejected for enlistment on account of defective teeth)
Enlistment date18 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll20 August 1915
Place of enlistmentClaremont, Tasmania
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name40th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/57/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 8 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Military Medal


'Commonwealth Gazette', No 115, 10 October 1919.
Recommendation date: 7 October 1918

FateReturned to Australia 2 March 1919
Discharge date31 May 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Wounded in action, 18 April 1917 (gun shot wound, head).

Wounded in action (second occasion), 12 October 1917.

Married Christina CLARK, spinster, Edinburgh, 30 January 1918.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Derbyshire', 2 March 1919, discharged, Hobart, 31 May 1919.

Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in World War II: service No T30953.
SourcesNAA: B2455, DRANSFIELD Percy