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Percy William VERRELL

Regimental number6029
Place of birth79 Eardley Road, Streatham, London, England
SchoolEardley Road School, Streatham, London, England
Age on arrival in Australia19
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarm labourer
AddressCharra, West Coast, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs G Verrell, 79 Eardley Road, Streatham, London, England
Enlistment date17 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 12 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularRejected for Army three times, passed a fourth time Wounded in chest-wall on 7th October 1917.
FateDied of wounds 10 March 1918
Place of death or woundingArmentieres, France
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialTrois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot II, Row E, Grave No. 15), Steenwerck, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
111
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Samuel and Georgina VERRELL, 79 Eardley Road, Streatham, England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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