Percy George JACOB

Regimental number2/2447
Address71 Waipapa Road, Hataitai, Wellington
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Jacob, 71 Waipapa Road, Hataitai, Wellington
Rank on embarkationGunner
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 8th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 13 November 1915
Final rankGunner
Final unit6th Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery
FateKilled in Action 7 October 1916
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialFlatiron Copse Cemetery (Plot I, Row G, Grave No 33), Metz, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mr & Mrs James Jacob, 57 Church Street, Masterton
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Field Artillery/Eighth

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