Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
Perkins P H Driver 1474 Phillip 2 FAB 22 Labourer Single C of E
Address: Essendon, Pascoe Cres, 24, "Newport"
Next of Kin: Perkins, P H, father, "Newport", 24 Pascoe Cres, Essendon
Enlisted: 21 Aug 1914
Embarked: A9 Shropshire 20 Oct 1914
Relatives on Active Service:
Perkins-E-C-CPO-256 brother KIA
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Mr. and Mrs. Perkins, of Pascoe crescent, Essendon, have been notified that their eldest son, Driver P. H. Perkins, will arrive with the O list. He is an Anzac, and has been away over four years.
ROLL OF HONOR. (1918, December 12). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 3 Edition: Morning. Retrieved September 4, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74607829
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Mentioned in this publication:
One Thousand Days with the AIF Essendon Gazette, 19 Jul 1917.
Gunner Frederick Sydney Loch also embarked on the Shropshire with the 2nd Field Artillery Battalion, and wrote an account of it published as Straits Impregnable by Sydney de Lough during the war, though initially disguising it as a novel. An annotated version of Loch's book has been published by Susanna de Vries, and now called To Hell and Back.
War Service Commemorated
Essendon Town Hall L-R
Essendon State School
Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour With the Colours
Regimental Register
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