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LEVENS, Percy Christopher
(Service number 26/835)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Lance Corporal

Birth

Date	12/09/1892	Place of Birth	Temuka

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Pokeno
Occupation	Farm hand
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	George LEVENS (father), 341 King Street, Timaru
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information

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	4th Battalion, A Company
Date	5 February 1916
Transport	Ulimaroa or Mokoia or Navua
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	New Zealand Rifle Brigade

Military Awards

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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PoW Serial Number
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Discharge

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Death

Date	7 November 1968	Age	75 years
Place of Death	Temuka
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 8 & 9 November 1968
Memorial or Cemetery	Temuka Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 180, Plot 635
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Percy Christopher Levens was the youngest son of George Joseph and Annie (née Walker) Levens. He was educated at Temuka School. In 1922 he married Enid Florence Bryan. His eldest brother, George William Levens, was killed in action in 1916 in France.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [10 July 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [10 July 2017]; Temuka Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [10 July 2017]

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