Stanley Mervyn Suttor Percival (1911)

Born 20 Nov 1911 in Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia

Husband of Lyllian Agnes (Orton) Percival — married 1943 in Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

Stanley Mervyn Suttor Percival was born on 20th November 1911 in Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia. Merv, as he was known, was the son of Sydney Percival and Ruth Bolger. ^[1]

Merv Percival is a Military Veteran.
Served in the Second Australian Imperial Force 1940-1945
2/1st Australian Infantry Battalion

On 28th June 1940 Stanley was commissioned into the Second Australian Imperial Force and allocated to the 2/1st Australian Infantry Battalion, a unit of the 16th Brigade and its parent 6th Division. He joined the battalion in the Middle East and served in its successful North African campaign and disastrous Greece-Crete campaign. He would later serve on the Kokoda Track, and in the Aitape-Wewak campaign on the north coast of New Guinea as a Captain and commander of B Company, and was demobilised following the war, on 11th October 1945. ^[2] Following the war he was awarded the campaign and service medals: 1939-1945 Star, Africa Star, Pacific Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-1945 and Australia Service Medal 1939-1945.

Whilst stationed in Australia in 1943, Stanley married Lyllian Orton in Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ New South Wales Birth Index #5742/1912
2. ↑ Department of Veterans' Affairs nominal roll: NX34855 Captain Stanley Mervyn Suttor Percival; accessed 8 May 2021
3. ↑ New South Wales Marriage Index #3172/1943