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Percy Leonard HEDGER

Regimental number2892
Date of birth26 May 1889
Place of birthMilang, South Australia
ReligionProtestant
OccupationFarm labourer
AddressMilang, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Height5' 7.5"
Weight155.5 lbs
Next of kinAunt, Mrs M Little, Milang, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date11 May 1915
Place of enlistmentKeswick, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A15 Star Of England on 21 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll50th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 5 November 1917
Discharge date4 January 1918
Other details

Wounded in action, France, 2 April 1917 (gun shot wound, back).

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Themistocles', 5 November 1917; discharged (medically unfit: weakness of right wrist; loss of thumb and eye), Adelaide, 4 January 1918.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death22 April 1981
Age at death91
Place of burialCentennial Park Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia
SourcesNAA: B2455, HEDGER Percy Leonard

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