Returned ANZACs,
Territory ANZACs,
First World War, 1914-1918,
Place of birth
Ballarat (Vic.),
Place of enlistment
Darwin,
Date of enlistment
1915-07-28,
Age
36,
Occupation
Labourer,
Service
Australian Imperial Force,
Unit
15th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement,
Rank
Private,
Service number
2819,
Next of kin
Annie Maria Preston - Mother ; Perth, W.A.,
Date of death
1932-05-25,
Place of death
Darlington (N.S.W.),
Place of burial
Rookwood Anglican Cemetery (N.S.W.),
Biographical notes
Percy was born in Ballarat in 1879 to parents Thomas and Annie (nee Carr) Preston. Annie continued to be registered on Victorian electoral rolls, whilst Percy moved around. He was registered to vote in the 1910 election in the Division of Swan (W.A.). In the 1925 election after the war, Percy was registered as a farmer in the Division of Brisbane (Qld.) Sadly Percy committed suicide at his residence, 17 City Road Darlington (N.S.W.) at the age of 54 after a long history of mental illness. A Coroner’s Inquest was held on the 30 May 1932.,
History
Oath taken at Fraser’s Hill, Queensland, 28 August 1915. His unit embarked from Sydney on board HMAT A33 'Ayrshire' on 1 September 1915. Medically discharged on 14 August 1916.,
Subject
Australia. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps,
History,
World War, 1914-1918,
Northern Territory,
ANZAC,
Related links
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=8023189,
http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067266%5CRCDIG1067266--151-.JPG,
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1553867/,
http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/AWM4/23/32/,
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8477816,
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/3279540,
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/16918995,
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/16919167,
http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067266%5CRCDIG1067266--151-.JPG [Embarkation Roll - HMAT A33 'Ayrshire'],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/3279540 ["Our boys at the Front", Northern Territory Times and Gazette, 25 May 1916: p.16.],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8477816 [History of the 15th Battalion, Australian Imperial Forces : war 1914-1918 by T.P. Chataway. Brisbane : William Brooks, 1948.],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/16918995 ["Man's throat cut", The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 May 1932: p.13.],
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=8023189 [Service Record],
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1553867/ [Nominal Roll],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/16919167 ["Funerals", The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 May 1932: p.7.],
http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/AWM4/23/32/ [Unit War Diary],