Percy William Price was born at Wangaratta, Victoria, to Andrew Stanley and Ann Norah Price (nee Curtis). [1] His parents moved the family to Wagga Wagga in around 1925 and settled at 'Dhulura', a property in the locality of Downside. [2]
Percy enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 27 June 1940. He embarked from Australia in early April 1941 per the ? ship and served in the Middle East between 3 May 1941 and 21 November 1941. He achieved the rank of Lance Corporal and his last posting was with the 1st Reserve Motor Transport Company. Percy was discharged in April 1942, being medically unfit for service after multiple bouts of broncho-pneumonia. [3]
Percy married Elsie May Humphries in 1943 in the Methodist Church in Wagga Wagga and they went on to have four children. He was a member of the Junior Farmers, successfully competing in their wheat growing competitions; he was also heavily involved with the Wagga Show Society, the Pine Gully Bushfire Brigade and the Wagga RSL Bowling Club, serving as president for a time. He was made an honourary member of the Wagga Gliding Club and had a landing strip set aside on his property. After retirement, Percy and Elsie moved to the Batemans Bay area. He died there in 1989 at the age of 72 years. A guard of honour was formed at his funeral by the Wagga RSL Bowling Club. He was interred in the Wagga Lawn Cemetery. [2]
Source:
[1] Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria
[2] Obituary (likely printed by the Daily Advertiser), no date.
[3] National Archives of Australia, Series Number B883, Control Symbol NX35855 (Second Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947)