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Percy Albert Mercer

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Gravesite of Gnr Percy Albert Mercer (11099), Waikumete Cemetery. Image kindly provided by Hugh Grenfell (April 2016). © Auckland Museum CC BY.

Gravesite of Gnr Percy Albert Mercer (11099), Waikumete Cemetery. Image kindly provided by Hugh Gren …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Percy Albert AWMM
  • Surname
    Mercer AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 11099 AWMM
    • WWI 92523 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    • 28 April 1890 AWMM AWMM
    • 1892 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    1892 Public - Lianne - Other relative - 8 February 2016 - Births Deaths and Marriages
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW1 Mrs. A. Mercer (mother), 1st Avenue, Kingsland AWMM
    • Cecil Walter Mercer and Ann Mercer
      First Ave
      Kingsland
      Auckland Public - Lianne - Other relative - 8 February 2016 - BDM and Electoral Roll
  • Relationship status
    Parents Public - Lianne - Other relative - 8 February 2016 - Family Papers

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWI 11099 AWMM
    • WWI 92523 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Hairdresser Public - Lianne - Other relative - 8 February 2016 - Waikumete Cemetery Records
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Died of Sickness, Cause of Death AWMM
    Suicide by poisoning AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Percy Mercer was the son of Cecil Walter and Ann Mercer (nee Forsyth).

    Percy Mercer was in Australia on the outbreak of the First World War and served with the Australian Imperial Force. He was invalided home in 1918, after suffering from severe shell-shock. After being in New Zealand, he re-enlisted with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force but was not sent overseas.

    Also has the service number 92523 listed in his military personnel file.

    Died after discharge and he had been suffering from insomnia and shell shock.

    CWGC restored headstone 2011. AWMM
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    4 November 1919 AWMM
    Age 27 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Sickness AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Ang. Block C, Row 3, Grave 56B AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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Sources

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
04 April 2020SarndraAuckland, New ZealandOther
08 February 2016LianneTauranga, NZOther relative

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