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Percy GEASON

Regimental number4811
Place of birthColebrook, Tasmania
SchoolCatholic Convent School, Tasmania
OccupationLabourer
AddressHall Street, Merewether, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinSister, Mrs C. Volkmer, Hall Street, Merewether, New South Wales
Enlistment date4 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A15 Star Of England on 8 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll55th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 20 July 1916
Place of death or woundingFleurbaix, France
Age at death32
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialFromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
160
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Patrick and Annie GEASON. Native of Tasmania
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Originally listed as 'No Known Grave' and commemorated at V.C. Corner (Panel No 13), Australian Cemetery, Fromelles; subsequently (2011) identified, and interred in the Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery, France

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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