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GOW, Percy John
(Service number 2680)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	26 Feb ?	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date	21 August 1916	Age	30 yrs 4 mths
Address at Enlistment	Guildford Rd, Surrey Hills, Victoria
Occupation	Printers compositor
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mr John GOW (father), Guildford Road, Surrey Hills, Victoria
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information	Height - 5 ft 41/2 in. Weight - 114 lbs. Chest 31-34 in. Complexion - med. Eyes brown. Hair black. Physical development & pulse rate - good. Mole under right arm, right shoulder.

Military Service

Served with	Australian Imperial Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Australian Imperial Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	60th Battalion
Date	30 December 1916
Transport	Nestor
Embarked From	Melbourne	Destination	Plymouth, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Australian Infantry

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals	1914-15 Star. British War Medal. Victoria Medal.
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

20 Apr 1917 to Hospital - sick, influenza; 21 Apr 1917 admitted to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station - influenza, asthma.19 Oct 1917 wounded in Action; gassed, shell - admitted. .

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	27 April 1918	Age	34 yrs
Place of Death
Cause	Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Somme, France
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials	Australian War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Son of John & Elizabeth Ann GOW, of Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia. Honoured on Australian War Memorial. Served apprenticeship.

Sources

CWGC [27 August 2013]; Australian War Memorial - Roll of Honour [06 September 2013]; Australian Imperial Force - Nominal Roll [06 September 2013]

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