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COLVILLE, Percival Lawrence
(Service number 14068)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Coach builder
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Frederick Colville (father), Tinwald, Ashburton
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Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	5th Reinforcements, 3rd Battalion, G Company
Date	26 June 1916
Transport	Tahiti or Maunganui
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination

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Biographical Notes

Percival Lawrence Colville, known as Percy, was the second son of Frederick and Sarah Jane (née Collins) Colville. His older brother Cecil Frederick Colville was killed in action in 1916 at the Somme. Percy attended several schools - Waimate, Makikihi, Otaio, Rakaia.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [21 October 2016]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [21 October 2016]; School admission records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG)

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