Percy George Paget (1886 - 1917)

Born 17 Mar 1886 in Kent Town, South Australia, Australia

Husband of Ethel (Benson) Carr — married 21 Aug 1915 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Died 18 Feb 1917 at age 30 in France

Biography

Percy Paget is an Anzac who served in World War One.

Gunner Percy Paget died from wounds received during World War I.

Percy was born in 1886. He is the son of James Paget and Jessie Russell. ^[1]

He married Ethel Benson on 21 August 1915 at St Paul Church, Adelaide. ^[2]

Percy enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force, embarking from Melbourne on 5 January 1916 on HMAT Afric A19. He died from wounds received on 18 February 1917 and was buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, France.

THE LATE SADDLER P. G. PAGET.

Mrs. P. G. Paget, of Johns-street, Lavington, has been officially notified that her husband died of gunshot wounds in the 22nd General Hospital on February 18. He sailed for the front on January 10, 1916. While in Egypt he was transferred to the Australian Field Artillery. He left a widow and one infant son. The deceased was the second son of the late Mr. J. E. Paget, of Adelaide, and brother of Mrs. T. Clark, of Adelaide, Mesdames P. McKay and F. Butcher, of Western Australia, and Miss H. Paget, of Melbourne. Another brother, Saddler E. F. Paget, is seriously ill in the 26th General Hospital, London. The late Saddler Paget was well known in the Teatree Gully and Houghton districts, where he took a keen interest in tennis, and football, and had a wide circle of friends. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ South Australia Birth Index. (Genealogy SA, https://www.genealogysa.org.au/index.php : accessed 17 Jul 2023) database entry for Percy George PAGET (Birth date 17 Mar 1886, Father James Ernest PAGET, Mother Jessie Helena RUSSELL, Birth Residence Kent Town) Reference: District Norwood, Book/Page 370/1
2. ↑ South Australia Marriage Index. (Genealogy SA, https://www.genealogysa.org.au/index.php : accessed 17 Jul 2023) database entry for Percy George Russell PAGET (Age 28, Marital status S, Father James Ernest PAGET) and Ethel BENSON (Age 22, Marital status S, Father Alfred Henry BENSON) 21 Aug 1915 at St Paul Church Adelaide. Reference: District Adelaide, Book/Page 264/568
3. ↑ "THE LATE SADDLER P. G. PAGET." Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954) 10 March 1917: 43. Web. 18 Jul 2023 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87443215>.

• Australian Imperial Force, Base Records Office; B2455, First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920, PAGET Percy George : Service Number 1878 National Archives Australia: 8000587 Item Image
• Roll of Honour. (Australian War Memorial, http://www.awm.gov.au : accessed 18 Jul 2023) Gunner Percy George Paget, Service number 1878, 13th Australian Field Artillery Brigade Image
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 July 2023), memorial page for Gunner Percy George Paget (17 Mar 1886–18 Feb 1917), Find A Grave: Memorial #30719117, citing Étaples Military Cemetery, Étaples, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; Maintained by nettlyne (contributor 47486944).