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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