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Percy Albert WILLSON

Regimental number210
Date of birth3 May 1892
Place of birthSherwood Rise, Sherwood Forest, Nottingham,England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiner
AddressHoward Post Office, Howard, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs W Cook, 12 Holly Avenue, Bently Road, Doncaster, England
Enlistment date1 April 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll7 April 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name26th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 24 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll26th Battalion
FateEffective abroad (still overseas)
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in Queensland Garden of Remembrance
Other detailsDied at Jones House, Garden Settlement, Chernside, Brisbane
Miscellaneous detailsSurname spelt WILSON on Embarkation Roll
Date of death4 August 1976
Age at death84
Place of burialCremated on 6 August 1976. Ashes interred in Bald Hills Cemetery, Brisbane, Queensland on 7 December 1976

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