BELCHER, Percival Dudley
| Service Number: | 18121 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 March 1917, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Staff Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Medical Corps WW1 |
| Born: | Alma, South Australia, Australia, 3 March 1880 |
| Home Town: | Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Chemist |
| Died: | New South Wales, Australia, 1 May 1955, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 10 Mar 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 18121, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 29 Aug 1917: | Involvement 18121, Staff Sergeant Dispensers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Aug 1917: | Embarked 18121, Staff Sergeant Dispensers, HMAT Persic, Melbourne | |
| 7 Nov 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 18121, Australian Army Medical Corps WW1, Re-embarked at Durdan, South Africa for Bombay India where he disembarked on 23 November 1917 | |
| 1 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 18121, Australian Army Medical Corps WW1, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Frederick George Belcher and Mary Belcher nee Lassock. Brother of Daisy Muriel Belcher, Stanley Whitbread Belcher, Herbert William Belcher, Ethel May Belcher and Dulcie Vera Belcher
On 21 February 1905 Percival married Eunice Mortimer Dryll in the Congregational Church, Port Pirie, SA. Father of Elizabeth Marian Belcher
In 1901 he graduation from the Adelaide University as a Chemist
Served in India
1 January 1918 entrained to Deolali
3 January 1918 detrained at Jullunder
12 Mach 1918 entrained at Jullunder for Jutogh where he detrained on 13 April 1918
Commenced return to Australia on board HT Themistocles diembarking on 15 January
Medal: British War Medal
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