Penn, Mayson

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Penn, Mayson Service Number 744

Killed in Action 25th August 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

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NAME Penn, Mayson

SERVICE NO 744

UNIT 19th Battalion/ B Coy

RANK Private

AGE at Enlistment 24 yrs 8 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH Gosforth, England

ADDRESS

OCCUPATION Orchardist

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 11 May 1915

PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT

Liverpool, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE 3 yrs Riffle Club, Secondary School England

NEXT OF KIN Father;- William Mosson Penn, Kulnura, Via Wyong/ Mason Penn, Stanley Rd Knutsford, England/ (6/1/1921)Crawford Ave., Knutsford, Cheshire Eng.

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

Height-5’ 8”. Weight-140lbs. Chest-32-35”. Complexion-Fair. Eyes-Grey. Hair-Brown.

RELIGION Methodist

EMBARKED

DISEMBARKED

NOTES

WOUNDED/ILLNESS

DIED 25 Aug 1915, KIA Gallipoli Peninsula

BURIED Isolated Gve-foot of West slop of Damakjelik Bair & nr Damakjelik Kuyu 2⅝miles SE of Lala Baba Gallipoli

MEDALS 1914-15 Star-17307, British War Medal-19339, Victory Medal-19268. Memo-rial Plaque & Scroll-311624.

DEPENDANTS

PERSONAL EFFECTS Testament, diary, photo, letters/ Ring/

WILL

CORRESPONDENCE Public Trustee/

Gosford Times 15th October 1915 Private Mayson Penn, who enlisted from mangrove Mountain, was killed in action on 20

th August.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8010788



















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