Percy Brazel (1890 - 1938)

Born 13 Feb 1890 in Walcha, New South Wales, Australia

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Died 25 Jun 1938 at age 48 in Rosemount Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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Biography

Military 23 Nov 1914 • Holsworthy, New South Wales. Service No 703. Height - 5ft 10 1/2 inches, Weight 169 lbs. Assigned to the 6th Light Horse Regiment. Tattoo on right arm - "Advance Australia. Listed Calling - Horse Breaker. And they gave him a tin hat and they gave him a gun and they marched him away to the war.

Anzac Cove Gallipoli 25 Oct 1915 • Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey Landed with the 2nd Light Horse Regiment/2nd Battalion.

Wounded at Gallipoli 13 Nov 1915 • Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey Serious wound to right shoulder - treated at the 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance,

Shipped to Alexandria 19 Nov 1915 • Egypt Admitted 1st Australian Gen Hosp.

Discharged to unit 10 Dec 1915 • Cairo, Egypt 2nd Light Horse.

Field Hospital Admission 10 Feb 1916 • Abbassia, Egypt 4th Aux Hospital - Sick with the mumps. Discharged 22 Feb 1916.

Shipped to France 22 Mar 1916 • Alexandra, Egypt Arrived at Marseille, France 28 Mar 1916

Transferred out of the 2nd Light Horse Brigade 13 Nov 1916 • Merris, France Jointed the 2nd Division, 231 Battalion Field.

Transferred out the 2nd Division, 231 Battalion Field. 27 Jan 1918 • Merris, France Attached for duty Australian Corps Field.

Shipped to Australia 14 Sep 1918 • France, aboard the H.M.S. Kasir a Hind - 24 Sept 1918. So they gathered the crippled, the wounded, and maimed and they shipped us back home to Australia.

Arrived Australia 24 Nov 1918 • Victoria Barracks, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Military Discharge 23 Jan 1919 • Victoria Barracks, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Thank you for your service - 4 years and 2 months. Lest We Forget.

WW1 Awarded Medals Feb 1919 • Galipoli Peninsula, Turkey and France 14/15 Star - No 14282. British War - No 5868. Victory - No 5736.

Sources

• National Archives of Australia, WWI Service Record: Brazel Percy : SERN 551 703 : POB Walcha NSW : POE Holsworthy NSW : NOK W Brazel Mrs
• The Gloucester Advocate (NSW : 1905 - 1954) Tue 19 Jul 1938 Page 4 Obituary
• Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
• Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
• Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
• Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
• Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950
• Australia, WWI Service Records, 1914-1920
• Qld BDM 1938 B/40000