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Percy Henry TOWILL

Regimental number2438
Place of birthBristol England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationDraftsman
AddressClevewood Lodge, Down End, Bristol, England
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Jane Towill, Clevewood Lodge, Down End, Bristol, England
Enlistment date17 May 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 13 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 6 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialPerth Cemetery, (China Wall), (Plot VIII, Row B, Grave No. 20), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
111
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Elias William and Mary Jane TOWILL, 6 Melrose Terrace, Fairfield Park, Bath, England. Cemetery details show 5th October, 1917

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