Percy cerutty biography

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Percy Wells Cerutty (1895 - 1975)

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Born in Prahran, Victoria Australia

Ancestors

Son of Harry Richard Cerutty and Emily (Neilson) Cerutty

Brother of Cedric Holt Cerutty, Jessie Emily (Cerutty) Pears, Blanche Nielsen (Cerutty) Rowe, Alfred Harry Cerutty, Hubert Richard Cerutty, Reginald Murray Cerutty and Beryl Elizabeth (Cerutty) Sutherland

[children unknown]

Died at age 80in Portsea, Victoria Australia

Profile last modified | Created 2 Sep 2020

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Biography

Percy Cerutty is Notable.

Percy was the sixth child of Harry Cerutty and his wife Emily (nee Neilson), but when he was 4 years old, Emily left her husband and struggled alone to bring up her six surviving children, possibly causing him to leave school at the age of 12 and take a job in a hardware store.

As a youth he was very frail, declared unfit for military service and had an undistinguished athletic career running for the Malvern Harriers, of PERCY CERUTTY - Racing Past TYQO