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Percival Cyril BONNER

Regimental number4137
Place of birthRoss, Tasmania
SchoolChurch of England School, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
Address245 Flemington Road, North Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinWife, Mrs M E Bonner, 245 Flemington Road, North Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed as a Sergeant in the 64th (?) Regiment, Melbourne, Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date8 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll24 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 29 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Place of death or woundingMenin Road, Ypres, Belgium
Date of death4 October 1917
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialOxford Road Cemetery (Plot III, Row H, Grave No. 8), Ypres, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
49
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Mabel BONNER; husband of M.E. BONNER, 'Belwood', Abbott Street, Sandringham, Victoria. Native of Ross, Tasmania
Family/military connectionsCousins: 249 Pte Joseph KAVANAGH, 17th Bn, killed in action, 27 August 1915; 1751 Sergeant Ernest Charles WOOD, 22nd Bn, killed in action, 27 July 1916.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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