Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Australian Infantry, A.I.F., 20th Bn.
Born at Bendolba near Dungog, the son of Frederick and Alice Thompson, grandson of Henry Edwards and Lydia Henwood. Percy’s family were living in McIntosh St, Gordon when he enlisted. After Percy was killed in action in France, his parents moved to a new residence in Gordon Rd, now the Pacific Hwy, which they dubbed 'Percy-ville'. They included a memorial to their son on their grave.
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Australian Infantry, A.I.F., 20th Bn.
Born at Bendolba near Dungog, the son of Frederick and Alice Thompson, grandson of Henry Edwards and Lydia Henwood. Percy’s family were living in McIntosh St, Gordon when he enlisted. After Percy was killed in action in France, his parents moved to a new residence in Gordon Rd, now the Pacific Hwy, which they dubbed 'Percy-ville'. They included a memorial to their son on their grave.
Inscription
On parents’ headstone in St John’s, Gordon, NSW “Also their son Percy killed in action in France fifth of May 1916 aged 21”
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