Memorial Plaque: Correct one piece cast named to WILLIAM HENRY PERKINS.
2971B Pte William Henry Perkins embarked on the 25th October 1916 from Sydney with the 55th Battalion AIF.
He was Killed in Action on the 15th April 1917 France with the 17th Battalion at the age of 20
Private J. C. Jones of C Company 17th Battalion gives the following account of Private Perkins death “near Bapaume on April 17th, in a surprise attack in which they were forced to retire. He was wounded in the head and very severely in the legs and he is sure that his death was instantaneous.”
Memorial details: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Place of association: Tumbarumba, New South Wales
Slight surface marks otherwise VF SOLD