| Date of birth | 19 August 1881 |
| Date of death | 24 February 1902 |
| Mothers name | Sarah Annie (née Webley) |
| Spouses name | Unmarried |
| Mothers place of birth | England |
| Mothers date of death | 1923 |
| Fathers date of birth | 18 February 1840 |
| Fathers name | William Charles Nation |
| Fathers place of birth | Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| Parents date of marriage | 12 August 1864 |
| Parents place of marriage | Nelson, New Zealand |
| Fathers date of death | 29 May 1930 |
| Fathers place of death | Levin |
| Siblings | Mary Esther (b 1865), Ellen Elizabeth (Eliza, b 1868), Alice Webley (b 1869), Eva Lucy (b 1879), Bertha Eleanor (b 1872), Charles Cecil (b 1873), Annie Ethel (b 1877), Jessie Wigram (m Jones, d 1922), |
| Fathers occupation | Printer, Journalist, Newspaper Proprietor, Spiritualist, Tree Planter |
| Children | , , , , |
| Cause of death | Killed in action |
| Buried where | Vrede Garden of Remembrance, Transvaal, Sth Africa. 1 |
| Places of relevance | , , , , |
| Last known residence | Levin, New Zealand |
| Awards | Queens South African Medal & 4 Claspa, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 |
| Place of birth | Wellington |
| Occupation | Storekeeper |
| Place of death | Vrede near Langverwacht, Sth Africa |
| Date of arrival overseas | 10 May 1901 |
| Theatres of war | South Africa |
| Place of embarkation | on SS Gulf of Taranto from Wellington. |
| Surname | NATION |
| War memorial | Shannon |
| Place enlisted | Levin |
| Christian names | Percy |
| Place of arrival overseas | Durban, South Africa |
| Overseas memorial | Langverwacht, South Africa |
| School | Greytown 1888 - 1893; Shannon 1894 - 1895 |
| Wars | Boer War |
| Service number | 4637 |
| Religion | Wesleyan |
| Date enlisted | 3 April 1901 |
| Final rank | Lance Corporal |
| Regiment or service | 7th Contingent 26 Coy |
| Embarkation date | 06 April 1901 |
| User reference | 7.26 |
Father a JP in Horowhenua 1910 – 1917.
Parents and sister Jessie Wigram JONES buried Tiro Tiro Rd Cemetery, Levin.
Height: 5’ Chest measurement: 35”
Weight: 9st.4lb.
Percy was youngest of 9 children
William Nation (Percy's father) concern for children as well as his deep love of nature may have prompted his capaign for the introduction of Arbor Day in New Zealand. He had read of the movement in the United States, where a special day was set aside for school children to plant trees, and he wrote to the Greytown Borough Council suggesting that they support a similar scheme. The Council endorsed the idea, but would not fund it. Nation raised the money himself, by staging various entertainments, and was soon able to arrange the planting of 150 trees beside the road south to Featherston. A ceremony took place on 3 July 1890; the day was declared a holiday in Greytown and over 800 Maori and Pakeha gathered to hear speeches and to plant the trees, some of which are still standing Nation's efforts to introduce Arbor Day at a local level were matched by Dunedin conservationist Alexander Bathgate's campaign to have Arbor Day declared a National holiday. This was achieved in 1892.
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