WILKES, Percy

Service Number –   4575.

Rank –   Private.

Unit / Division –    28th  Battalion.

Enlistment Date –   7  March  1916.

Address on Enlistment –   Bunbury,  W. A.

Occupation on Enlistment –   Farmer.

Next of Kin on Enlistment –   Mother-  Fanny  Clarke,  of  Glen  Iris,  Bunbury,  W. A.

 

Religion –   Church  of  England.

Embarkation Details –   From  Fremantle  on  31  March  1916  on  HMAT  A9  “  Shropshire  “.

KIA / Mortally Wounded –

Date –   8  August  1918.

Place –   Villers – Brettoneux,  Somme,  France.

Age at Death –   20.

Burial Location / Commemoration Details –   Australian  National  Memorial,  Villers – Brettoneux,  Somme,  France.  –  (  No  Known  Grave  ).

Panel Number, Roll of Honour (Australian War Memorial) –   115.