GRAHAM, Percy John
(Service number 6/1300)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 8 Sept 1876 | Place of Birth | Christchurch |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 20 October 1914 | Age | |
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| Address at Enlistment | c/- Mrs Tyer, High St,Waimate | ||
| Occupation | Labourer J T Hunt Waimate | ||
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| Marital Status | single | ||
| Next of Kin | J Graham (brother) York Street, Timaru ( Should be T(Thomas Percy Croft) | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 2nd Reinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Canterbury InfantryBattalion | ||
| Date | 14 December 1914 | ||
| Transport | HMNZT 13, 14, 15, Verdala, Willochra, Knight of the Garter | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion | ||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | Egypt 1915, Egypt Expeditionary Force 1916, Balkan (Gallipoli) 1915, France & Belgium 1916-17 | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 6 December 1917 | Age | 41 |
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| Place of Death | Belgium | ||
| Cause | Died of wounds | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West Vlaanderen, Belgium | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru | ||
Biographical Notes
Son of Thomas & Julia Ann Graham nee Croft. They marred Dec 1873, Hastings, Sussex, England, came to Canterbury onthe Waikato 27 June 1875. Brother Thomas Percy Croft Graham b1874 Hastings, other children born NZ Albert Ernest 1878-1881, Roy Stewart Arthur b 1884, Reginald Richard Croft 1879-1926
Sources
Probate available in Family Search
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