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Percy Palmerston CARBERY

Regimental number3259
Date of birth19 May 1894
Place of birthPalmerston, Northern Territory
SchoolNailsworth Public School, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressTarrant Street, Prospect, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs J E Carbery, Tarrant Street, Prospect, South Australia
Enlistment date26 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll16 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 27 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll50th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 8 January 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in South Australian Garden of Remembrance
Discharge date11 April 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Wounded in action, 1917; admitted to No 6 General Hospital, Rouen, 8 April 1917; invalided to England and admitted to Beaufort War Hospital, Bristol; transferred to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford.

Commenced return to Australia, 8 January 1919; discharged, 11 April 1919.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death19 July 1965

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