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Percy SANDS

Regimental number2971
Place of birthTangmere, Chichester, Sussex, England
SchoolBoard School, England
Age on arrival in Australia26
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationGroom
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Sands, 10 St Mary's Terrace, Hayes, Kent, England
Previous military serviceServed 8 years with RFA, 5 years in India.
Enlistment date5 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on 30 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Battalion
FateDied of wounds 11 April 1917
Age at death32
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block O, Plot VIII, Row L, Grave No. 3), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
30
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Richard and Elizabeth SANDS. Native of Hayes, Kent, England

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