GERATY, Percy William
Service Number: | 74 |
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Enlisted: | 1 December 1915, Armidale, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 9th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
Born: | Cargo, New South Wales, date not yet discovered |
Home Town: | Armidale, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Motor Driver |
Died: | Killed in Action, Armentieres, France, 23 December 1916, age not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
Memorials: | Armidale Memorial Fountain, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bimbi War Memorial, Grenfell Great War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
1 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Armidale, New South Wales | |
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4 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 74, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
4 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 74, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney | |
23 Dec 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 74, 9th Light Trench Mortar Battery, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 74 awm_unit: 9th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-12-23 |
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Cemetery details: Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France
"74 Corporal Percy William Geraty, A Company, 33rd Battalion, of Cargo, NSW. A motor driver prior enlistment he embarked from Sydney on board HMAT Marathon on 4 May 1916. Cpl Geraty transferred to the 9th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery; he was killed in action in Armentieres, France on 23 December 1916, aged 23." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)