STOREY, Percival Wright
(Service number 32739)
| First Rank | Sergeant | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 11 February 1897 | Place of Birth | Temuka |
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Enlistment Information
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| Occupation | Traveller | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs E. Storey (mother), 33 Trafalgar Street, Timaru, New Zealand | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 19th Reinforcements Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company | ||
| Date | 15 November 1916 | ||
| Transport | Maunganui or Tahiti | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington, New Zealand | Destination | Plymouth or Devonport, England |
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 4 October 1975 | Age | |
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| Place of Death | Timaru | ||
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| New Zealand Memorials | Rangitata Island School Honours Board | ||
Biographical Notes
Percy Storey was injured at Passchendale but, after the war, went on to become an All Black who played 12 games between 1920 and1921, including a tour of Australia with the All Blacks in 1920 where he was the leading try scorer. Later, in 1944, he also became an All Black selector.
Sources
Cenotaph (12 October 2014); SCRoll web submission from J McBeth, 26 April 2015; Team All Blacks website http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/profile.asp?ABID=851
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Tony Rippin (South Canterbury Museum)
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