Percy De Ville
Born 13 Sept 1894 - Died 18 Jul 1916
- Service number
- WWI 26/759 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Rifleman AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Percy AWMM
- Surname
- De Ville AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 26/759 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
- Church of England, Christian AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 13 Sept 1894 AWMM
Te Rahu, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM - Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
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- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Herbert De Ville (father), London Street, Hamilton, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 05 Feb 1916 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- Battle of the Somme AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 26/759 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 12 Oct 1915 AWMM
Age 20 AWMM
Farm hand/Civilian AWMM - Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 05 Feb 1916-15 Mar 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 43 AWMM Vessel was Mokoia AWMM Rifleman AWMM 4th Battalion, A Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM
Prisoner of war
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Wounded, Shrapnel to the neck, penetrating the lung. AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Admitted to 8th Casualty Clearing Station, France AWMM - Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
- Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Rifleman AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Percy De Ville was the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. De Ville, of London St., Hamilton, Waikato
Next of Kin: Mrs H. De Ville, Hamilton, Waikato (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM - Unit: 4th Bn. 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Rank: Rifleman
Name: Percy DE VILLE
No: 26/759
Occupation & employer: Farmhand, W G Phillips, Matangi
Religion: C of E
Date and Place of Birth: 13 September 1895, Te Awamutu
Next of Kin: Herbert De Ville (father)
Description on Enlistment: [no description extant]
Parents: Herbert De Ville, London Street, Hamilton [unable to find mother]
Service: Disembarked Suez, 15 March 1916.
Embarked Alexandria for France per Alaunia, 7 April 1916.
Gunshot wound in neck, shrapnel in neck penetrating lungs, dangerously wounded, 7 July 1916.
Died of wounds, 18 July 1916 5am. Aged 20.
Buried: Bailleul Communal Cemetery, Nord, France. The cemetery contains 4,403 Commonwealth burials of the First World War; 11 of the graves made in April 1918 were destroyed by shell fire and are represented by special memorials.
Obituary RIFLEMAN PERCY DE VILLE. Rifleman Percy de Ville, whose name is amongst the latest list of killed was a fine type of young man, broad-shouldered and over 6ft high, although only in his 21st year. He was the son of Mr and Mrs H. De Ville, of London street, Hamilton, and was born at Te Kahu, near Te Awamutu, where he received his education. He later worked at tanning pursuits in various parts of the Waikato, and was generally recognised as a "good sport." He left New Zealand as a member of the 9th Reinforcements in the Rifle Brigade. He was well-known and respected, and his parents will receive a large amount [of sympathy].Public - Jan - Researcher - 13 October 2018 - WW1 Enlistment records, Archives NZ, https://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/, Commonwealth War Graves Commission [www.cwgc.org], Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/, and NZBDM online.
- Percy De Ville was the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. De Ville, of London St., Hamilton, Waikato
About death
- Death
- 18 Jul 1916 AWMM
Age 21 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Died of wounds AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France AWMM II. E. 9. AWMM
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- Obituary
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20996854
Further Reference - HMNZT 43 - The Mokoian: Being a record of the early stages of the journeyings of the 4th Battalion N.Z.R.B. (E.L.O.) (Mokoian souvenir ed.). (1916, February). The Times of Ceylon Company Ltd.
https://dunedin.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/201167
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/199113/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/199113
Further Reference - New Zealand War Graves Trust
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
24: 20 - Information kindly provided by family
Waikato Times Thursday 27 July 1916. Listed as died of wounds. (Info supplied 05/08/03) - Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
Vol. 3: Includes portrait - 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.
- HMNZT 43 - The Mokoian: Being a record of the early stages of the journeyings of the 4th Battalion N.Z.R.B. (E.L.O.) (Mokoian souvenir ed.). (1916, February). The Times of Ceylon Company Ltd.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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