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Percy James BARRY

Regimental number3341
Place of birthPerth, Western Australia
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarm hand
AddressNorth Perth, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, R Barry, 80 Shenton Street, North Perth, Western Australia
Enlistment date13 November 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 8
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/17/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 23 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Machine Gun Battalion
FateDied of wounds 15 September 1918
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialVillers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot XV, Row AA, Grave No. 4), Fouilloy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
176
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Richard and Sarah Ann BARRY, 80 Wasley Street, Perth, Western Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother: 3262 Pte Jack William Thomas BARRY, 11th Bn, returned to Australia, 4 May 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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