Percy Mingo DWYER

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DWYER, Percy Mingo

Service Number:	2980
Enlisted:	28 June 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Parramatta, New South Wales, 27 December 1879
Home Town:	Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Estate agent
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 22 July 1916, aged 36 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

28 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Liverpool, New South Wales
30 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2980, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
30 Sep 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2980, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney

Biography

Percy Mingo DWYER was born on 27th December, 1879 in Parramatta, Sydney NSW

His parents were Henry DWYER and Susannah MINGO

Percy married Margaret Mary ALLMARK (date unknown ) and had four children Mervyn, Dorothy, Reginald & Albert - after his death Margaret remarried to a Thomas COWELL in 1924

He enlisted in June 1915 with the Australian Army - 1st Battalion, 9th Reinforcements - Unit embarked from Sydney on board HMAT Argyllshire on 30th Sept. 1915

He was Killed in Action between 22-25th July, 1916 - No known grave

Percy is commemorated at the Australian National Memorial, Villers Bretonneux, France

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