Percy Cecil FREEMAN

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FREEMAN, Percy Cecil

Service Numbers:	12401, Q124754
Enlisted:	11 May 1920
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	LONDON, ENGLAND, 2 September 1900
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

World War 2 Service

11 May 1920:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 12401
19 Oct 1920:	Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 12401
7 Feb 1942:	Involvement Private, Q124754, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA)
7 Feb 1942:	Enlisted
7 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q124754, 1st (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
12 Jan 1944:	Discharged
12 Jan 1944:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q124754, 1st (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)

Age

At the time of a newspaper report published on 18 April 1928, he was aged 27 years old.

Submitted 10 July 2022 by Eric Dutch

Miner

Trove.com.au newspaper records indicate Percy Cecil Freeman was an active miner in the Leonora - Murchison Goldfields of Western Australia.

A legacy prospect of shafts still exists in the area of the Melrose Pastoral station. (Image appended to site).

If anyone has further information about Percy, and his Miner Brother, who was active in the same area, are welcome to email dutch.eric@gmail.com with further information.

Emerald Resources NL currently are intending to further develop the mining of the area.

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