Topic: AIF - 1B - 2 LHR
2nd LHR, AIF
2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment
Percy Severn Roy Woodyatt
Percy Severn Roy Woodyatt
Rank: Lieutenant [Lt]
Unit: 2nd Australian Light Horse
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 4 August 1916
Cause of death: Killed in action
Cemetery or memorial details: EGYPT 2 Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
War Grave Register notes: WOODYATT, Lt. Percy Severn Roy. 2nd Australian Light Horse. Killed in action 4th Aug., 1916. Age 28. Son of Walter and Kathleen Woodyatt, of 23, Craigend St., Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales. Native of Gympie, Queensland. B. 68.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
A brief military biography of Percy Severn Roy Woodyatt from The AIF Project:
Regimental number | 281 |
Date of birth | 18 November 1887 |
Place of birth | Gympie, Queensland |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Bank clerk |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 26 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs. W. Woodyatt, Channon Street, Gympie, Queensland |
Enlistment date | 21 August 1914 |
Rank on enlistment | Corporal |
Unit name | 2nd Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/7/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A15 Star of England on 24 September 1914 |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | Commissioned |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Light Horse Regiment |
Promotions | 2nd Lieutenant Lieutenant |
Fate | Killed in Action 4 August 1916 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 28 |
Place of burial | Kantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 6), Egypt |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 3 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Walter and Kathleen WOODYATT |
Other details | War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Appointed corporal, 8 September 1914; Seryeant, 4 Julg 1915; commissioned, 11 Auyust 1915. Appointed to School of Instruction, 31 March-23 April 1916. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Lest We Forget
Additional Reading:
2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF
2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916
Bir el Abd, Sinai, 9 August 1916
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1919
Citation: 2nd LHR, Roll of Honour, Percy Severn Roy Woodyatt