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• Percy James Penketh †

confirmed

Name recorded

• Percy James Penketh

Service number

• Service number 2506

Ranks

• Held rank of Private
• Held rank of Lance Corporal

Birth record

• 1891 in Forest Lodge, NSW, Australia

Death records

• Died on service
• 29 April 1918 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England

Addresses

• Esther Road, Mosman, NSW, Australia
• 104 Military Road, Mosman, NSW, Australia

Relationships

• Father - James William Penketh
• Mother - Eva Eliza Alma Moffitt
• Sibling - Clyde Vivian Penketh
• Sibling - Milton Dudley Penketh †

Organisation

• 17th Battalion, AIF

Main sources

• PENKETH Percy James : Service Number - 2506 : Place of Birth - Sydney NSW : Place of Enlistment - Liverpool NSW : Next of Kin - (Mother) PENKETH Eva (NAA file)
• Find War Dead (webpage)
• FOR THEIR COUNTRY N.S.W. WAR CASUALTIES. (newspaper article)
• Death Notice (newspaper article)
• THE PENKETHS OF MOSMAN. (newspaper article)
• Family Notices (newspaper article)
• On Active Service. (newspaper article)
• SOCIAL AND PATRIOTIC ITEMS (newspaper article)
• APRIL FIGHTING HEAVY CASUALTY LIST MANY MEN GASSED. DIED OTHER CASUSES. (newspaper article)

Commemorations

• PENKETH P. J. on the West Face of the Mosman War Memorial
• Penketh, P J on the St Clement's World War 1 Roll of Honour