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Percy Roy MANN

Regimental number3358
Place of birthGeelong, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressOzone Coffee Palace, Geelong, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Height5' 9.5"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinMiss Eda Mann, Ozone Coffee Palace, Geelong, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the 71st Infantry, Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date8 July 1915
Place of enlistmentBallarat, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 11 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 17), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
168
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Taken on strength, 6th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 7 January 1916.

Transferred to and taken on strength of 58th Bn, Serapeum, 17 February 1916.

Transferred to and taken on strength of 59th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 15 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Posted missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Handwritten note on Form B103: 'Presume Buried In No Man's Land approx 5J90 43 to 5K02.5.1 Sheet Hazebrouck 5A'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, MANN Percy Roy

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