Penn, Mayson

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg, Penn, Edmund Allen Mayson

Service ServiceNumber Number1494 744 Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Killed in Action 25th August 1915 Gallipoli Gallipoli Peninsula Peninsula

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NAME

Penn, Mayson

SERVICE NO

744

UNIT

19th Battalion/ B Coy

RANK

Private

AGE at Enlistment

24 yrs 8 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH

Gosforth, England

ADDRESS OCCUPATION

Orchardist

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

11 May 1915

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

Liverpool, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE

3 yrs Riffle Club, Secondary School England

NEXT OF KIN

Father;- William Mosson Penn, Kulnura, Via Wyong/ Mason Penn, Stanley Rd Knutsford, England/ (6/1/1921)Crawford Ave., Knutsford, Cheshire Eng.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Height-5’ 8”. Weight-140lbs. Chest-32-35”.

Complexion-Fair. Eyes-Grey. Hair-Brown.

RELIGION

Methodist

EMBARKED DISEMBARKED NOTES WOUNDED/ILLNESS DIED

25 Aug 1915, KIA Gallipoli Peninsula

BURIED

Isolated Gve-foot of West slop of Damakjelik Bair & nr Damakjelik Kuyu 2⅝miles SE of Lala Baba Gallipoli

MEDALS

1914-15 Star-17307, British War Medal-19339, Victory Medal-19268. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-311624.

DEPENDANTS PERSONAL EFFECTS

Testament, diary, photo, letters/ Ring/

WILL CORRESPONDENCE

Public Trustee/

Gosford Times 15th October 1915 Private Mayson Penn, who enlisted from mangrove Mountain, was killed in action on 20 th August.

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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8010788

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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8010788

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8010788

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8010788

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8010788