BARLOW, Percy Montrose
Service Number: | 534 |
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Enlisted: | 9 July 1915, Brisbane, Qld. |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Narangba, Qld., 27 February 1880 |
Home Town: | Enoggera, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | North Pine State School |
Occupation: | Carter |
Died: | Brisbane, Qld., 4 October 1958, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland |
Memorials: | Brisbane Albert Street Uniting Church Honour Roll, North Pine State School Roll of Honour |
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Percy's parents were Samuel Benjamin Barlow and Catherine Lambert. Percy attended North Pine State School. He married Rose Beatrice Brook in 1905 in Brisbane. Percy was the second oldest of seven children, and enlisted July 1915 in Brisbane. His younger brother Stanley Neville Barlow [1516] had enlisted the year before in 1914. Percy was wounded in action in France and he returned home to Australia in 1917. He lived with his wife at Enoggera and his occupation was a carter. He died aged 78. Percy's brother Stanley was killed.