Percy CAMERON

Regimental number4/382
Date of birth9 April 1892
Place of birthDunedin
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationDraper
Address192 Fitzgerald Avenue, Christchurch
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 8.5"
Weight163 lbs
Next of kinFather, John Colin Cameron, 523 Castle Street, Dunedin
Previous military serviceServed in No 1 Field Company, New Zealand Engineers, Territorial Force; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date15 August 1914
Place of enlistmentChristchurch
Rank on embarkationSapper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, New Zealand Field Engineers
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Maunganui on 16 October 1914
Final rankSapper
Final unitNew Zealand Engineers
FateKilled in Action 17 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel 8), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John Connell Cameron and Kate Coxhead Cameron, Dunedin
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Admitted to 26th Casualty Clearing Station, Gallipoli, 29 July 1915 (gastritis), and transferred same day to No 1 Australian General Hospital, Lemnos; discharged from hospital, 7 August 1915.

Killed in action, 17 August 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Field Engineers/Main Body
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 1880, File 21891484