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WILKS, Percy
Personal Details
Service Number: | 8057 |
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Enlisted: | 18 January 1917, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | Australian Employment Company |
Born: | Albany, Western Australia , 13 June 1894 |
Home Town: | Wiluna, Wiluna, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Wiluna Public School, Wiluna , Western Australia |
Occupation: | Grocer |
Died: | Natural Causes, Perth Western Australia, 29 October 1973, aged 79 years |
Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
18 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 8057, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill | |
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30 Oct 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 8057, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne | |
30 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 8057, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
6 Apr 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Transferred from 27th Reinforcements to the 11th Battalion - in the Field | |
18 Jun 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, 8057, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
25 Aug 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Employment Company, Transferred after being medically downgraded due to wounding | |
6 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 8057, Australian Employment Company |
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27 Reinf 11th Batt AIF
11 Reinf 51st Batt AIF
Fought at the Battle of Villers Brettoneux, Anzac Day 1918
Served in the Army in WW2