Percy Clive Windle

Forenames

Percy Clive AWMM

Surname

Windle AWMM

Service number

WWI 18733 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

b. 17th January 1893

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Place of birth

• Wellington
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• Gisborne
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Birth notes

Son of John William & Sarah Ann WINDLE of Gisborne

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Address before enlistment

• 354 Aberdeen Road, Gisborne
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• Gisborne
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Next of kin

J.W. Windle (father), 354 Aberdeen Road, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
• 1917 AWMM Passchendaele AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 18733 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Grocer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 26 Jul 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 59 or HMNZT 60 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata or Ulimaroa AWMM Rifleman AWMM 9th Reinforcements 2nd Battalion, F Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Corporal/Military AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion AWMM

Son of John William and Sarah Windle, of 362, Stout St., Gisborne. Previously wounded at the Battle of Passchendaele

Next of Kin: Mrs S. Windle, Stout St, Gisborne (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

12 Sept 1918 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Fifteen Ravine British Cemetery, Villers-Plouich, Nord, France AWMM II. C. 16. AWMM

Obituary

Mr. and Mrs. J. W. . Windle have received by cable the sad news of the death of their son, Cpl. P. C. Windle, killed m action on September 12th. Cpl. Windle left with the 15th Reinforcements

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POVERTY BAY HERALD, VOLUME XLV, ISSUE 14734, 14 OCTOBER 1918, PAGE 2

Memorial name

• Family grave memorial, Taruheru Cemetery, Gisborne District, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22021333
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/239910/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/239910
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Macdonald, L. (1978). Passchendaele : the story of the third Battle of Ypres 1917. London : Penguin Books.
• Harper, G. (2000). Massacre at Passchendaele : the New Zealand story. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  37: 16
• Information kindly provided by family
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.