Captain Percy Valentine Storkey

Ranks Held	Captain, Lieutenant, Second Lieutenant
Birth Date	1891-09-09
Birth Place	New Zealand: North Island, Hawke's Bay, Napier
Death Date	1969-10-03
Death Place	United Kingdom: England, Greater London, Teddington
Final Rank	Captain
Service	Australian Imperial Force
Unit	19th Australian Infantry Battalion
Places	Teddington Napier
Conflict/Operation	First World War, 1914-1918
Gazettes	Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-11-07 Published in London Gazette in 1918-06-07

Description

New Zealand-born Percy Storkey (1893-1969) put university studies aside to enlist in Sydney in 1915. By 1918 he was a battle-scarred (twice wounded) and respected platoon commander.

In an important but ill-fated attack beyond Villers-Bretonneux, a few days after the first German attempt to take the town had been defeated, Storkey bravely led bayonet assaults against enemy machine-gun positions. The initial success obtained in the battle was largely due to his efforts. He joined a law practice after the war and later became a judge.

Collection items

Rolls

Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

Unit

19th Australian Infantry Battalion

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Lieutenant
Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

Unit

19th Australian Infantry Battalion

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Lieutenant
First World War Embarkation Roll:

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Second Lieutenant
Honours and Awards:

Unit

19th Australian Infantry Battalion

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Lieutenant

London Gazette

07 June 1918 on page 6775 at position 1

Commonwealth Gazette

07 November 1918 on page 2112 at position 24

Timeline

Date of birth	09 September 1891
Date of embarkation	20 December 1915
Date of recommendation honour or award	1918
Date of honour or award	07 April 1918	Awarded the Victoria Cross for action at Hangard Wood, France whilst serving with 19 Battalion, 5 Brigade, 2 Division as a Lieutenant.
Date of recommendation honour or award	11 April 1918
Date of death	03 October 1969