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Percival Erickson
| Name on Board | PJ Erickson |
| Name on Service Records |
Percival Erickson |
| Enlistment Age | 23 |
| Occupation | Porter |
| Place of Birth | Williamstown, Vic |
| Next of Kin | Alice Erickson |
| Address | 13 North Road, Newport, Vic |
| Marital Status | S |
| Enlistment Date | 18/08/1914 |
| Service No. | 302 |
| Enlistment Place | Pahran, Vic |
| Embarkation Place | Melbourne |
| Embarkation Date | 21/10/1914 |
| Embarkation Ship | HMAT Orvieto A3 |
| Unit on Embarkation | 5th Australian Infantry Battalion |
| Date of Death | 25/04/1915 |
| Unit on Death | 5th Australian Infantry Battalion |
| Rank on Death | Private |
| Cause of Death | KIA |
| Place of Wounding/ Death |
Gallipoli |
| Cemetery or Memorial | Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Additional Information
Percival Erickson was a wardsman at the Church of England Grammar School, St Kilda Rd and a member of the Dover Cricket Club, Williamstown.
He sailed on the First Convoy of 38 ships which departed from Albany, Western Australia on 1 November 1914.
Percy wrote to his widowed mother from Egypt saying the men received a tin of chocolate, five cigarettes and a clasp knife for Christmas. He described the local custom of milking the cow at the customers door and that they now had only Egyptian money. He commented about the heat in Egypt while supposing that it would be pretty hot at the bottle works back home at that time of the year. He told his mother that he was in the best of health and to not worry about him.
Private Erickson died on 25 April, 1915, the first day of the landing on Gallipoli.
Additional References
Williamstown Chronicle, Saturday 6 February, 1915, p3 and Saturday 19 June 1915, p3
The National Anzac Centre, Albany, Western Australia
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