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THIELE, Percy Arthur Charles
Step 1: Personal Details
| Service Number: | SX11721 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 10 March 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Murray Bridge, South Australia, 28 August 1916 |
| Home Town: | Nuriootpa, Barossa, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Papua, Middle East, 9 December 1942, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea B5 E 10 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, District of Nuriootpa Roll of Honour WW2, Eudunda War Memorial, Eudunda and District WW2 Honour Roll |
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Alfred Arthur and Eva Annie Thiele.
HE DIED FOR HIS KING, COUNTRY AND ALL HIS LOVED ONES
Pte. Percy Thiele, Nuriootpa, was killed in action in New Guinea on Dec. 8, according to advice received by his mother, Mrs C. W. Heidrich, Rowlands Flat. Percy, whose brother Roy is also serving, was a fine type of young man. He enlisted about September, 1940, and served with the AIF in Syria.
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