Williams, Jack (Percy McMannus)

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg, Williams, Edmund Allen Jack Service Number 1494 (real name Percy McMannus) Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Service Number 3252 Gallipoli Peninsula Killed in Action 26th September 1917 France

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NAME

Williams, Jack Real Name Percy McMannus

SERVICE NO

3252

UNIT

46th Battalion/ 7th Reinfs/

RANK

Private

AGE at Enlistment

25 yrs 5 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH

Orange, NSW

ADDRESS

Warnervale

OCCUPATION

Labourer

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

6 Jun 1916

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

Broadmeadow, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE NEXT OF KIN

Friend;- Jack Morris, Warnervale, NSW Father;- John McMannus, Excelsior Siding Via Wallweawang, NSW

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Height-5’4”. Weight-140lbs. Chest35-38”.

Complexion-Dark. Eyes-Blue. Hair-Brown.

RELIGION

C/E

EMBARKED

11 Nov 1916 Sydney per A29“Suevic”

DISEMBARKED

30 Jan 1917 Devonport

NOTES

20-21Apr 1917-AWOL 29 hrs. Hurdcott/

WOUNDED/ILLNESS DIED

26 Sept 1917-

BURIED

The Buttes New Brit.Cem. Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, Ypres, Belgium

MEDALS

British War Medal-53038, Victory Medal-52277. Memorial Plaque & Scroll – 342127.

DEPENDANTS PERSONAL EFFECTS WILL

Beneficiary;- Miss S Firth, 62 Tudoe St., Hamilton, NSW

CORRESPONDENCE

Father;- Mr J McMannus, Excelsior Siding Via Wallweawang, NSW

REMARKS

Court of Enquiry, in field 3 Apr 1918

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