Jowett, Percy Thomas

Western FrontAll Campaigns

20 Jan

Written By Renegade Moss

SURNAME

Jowett

NAME

Percy Thomas

PLACE OF BIRTH

Port Douglas

OCCUPATION

Clerk

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

Brisbane

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

30/01/1917

NEXT OF KIN

Mrs Dora Jowett (mother), Coomera, QLD

LINK-TO-DOUGLAS SHIRE

Born Port Douglas, address Port Douglas

REGIMENT 1

Machine Gun

RANK

Private

CAMPAIGN 1

Western Front

OTHER INFORMATION

Embarked on Suevic 21-06-17; 9th Machine Gun Coy. Machine Gun Division, Seymour, 33rd Battalion then 34th.

STORY OUTLINE

Percy Jowett was born in Port Douglas but had moved to the south coast of Queensland by the start of the war, working as a clerk. He enlisted in January 1917, aged 21. Appointed to the 9th Machine Gun Company, he disembarked at Liverpool, England in September 1917. He spent some time in the 9th Training Battalion before proceeding to France in May 1918. After the war he returned to Australia and was discharged in September 1919.

SERVICE NO

646-645