williams, jack (percy mcmannus)

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Williams, Jack (real name Percy McMannus)

Service Number 3252 Killed in Action 26th September 1917

France

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NAME Williams, Jack Real Name Percy McMannus

SERVICE NO 3252

UNIT 46th Battalion/ 7

th 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 ENLIST-MENT

Broadmeadow, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE

NEXT OF KIN Friend;- Jack Morris, Warnervale, NSW

Father;- John McMannus, Excelsior Siding Via Wallweawang, NSW

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

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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