Leigh Charles Frederick PERCY

Regimental number30603
OccupationLocomotive fireman
Next of kinMother, Mrs J H Percy, Petone 164 Hutt Road, Wellington
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 20th Reinforcements (1st Draft), Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Port Lyttelton on 7 December 1916
Harbour records indicate that the actual date of sailing was 8 December 1916.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 29 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialBancourt British Cemetery (Plot I, Row A, Headstone No 23), nr Bapaume, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph Henry and Ada Percy
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 47, p. 6