Percy Valentine STORKEY (1891 – 1969)
Name
Percy Valentine StorkeyGender
MaleMilitary identification
Australian Imperial Force, Second Lieutenant, World War OneBirthdate
09 September 1891Birthplace
NapierDate of death
03 October 1969Place of death
Teddington, Middlesex, EnglandParents
- Samuel James Storkey (1865-1955)
- Sarah Edith Storkey, nee Dean (1866-1941)
Partner(s)
- Molly Mary Storkey, nee Burnett (1880-1973)
Secondary education
Napier Boys' High SchoolTertiary education
Victoria University, WellingtonBiography
Dux of Napier Boys’ High School, 1910
Studied law in Sydney, 1913
Fought in World War One
Awarded the Victoria Cross (VC) for bravery
Graduated Bachelor of Law, 1921
Crown Prosecutor, then District Court Judge in New South Wales
Retired to England, 1955
Storkey’s Victoria Cross was bequeathed to Napier Boys’ High School – it is on long-tern loan to the National Army Museum, Waiouru
The school awards the Storkey VC Prize for Excellence in Mathematics and Science each year
Storkey Street, Napier, is named after him
Accession number
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