Peterborough Cemetery, SA

Cemetery Details

Location Cemetery Road, Peterborough (Formerly Petersburg), South Australia, Australia
Co‑ordinates S32.983089, E138.85088
Description

Peterborough is a town in the mid north of South Australia, in wheat country, just off the Barrier Highway.
At the 2006 census, Peterborough had a population of 1,689.

It was originally named Petersburg after the landowner, Peter Doecke, who sold land to create the town.
It was one of 69 places in South Australia "RENAMED" in 1917 due to anti-German sentiments during WWI.

 

 

 

 

 

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan.  3/2/2015.   Lest we forget.

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Names

Showing 8 people of interest from cemetery

PURSCHE, Norman Albert

Service number SX10844
Private
2nd/8th Field Ambulance
Australian Military Forces (WW2)
Born 2 Jul 1912

SHARPE, Elliot York Sparrow

Service number 3601
Private
10th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 14 Feb 1888

THOMAS, Mervyn Ernest Burdett

Service number 15267
Private
2nd Depot Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 12 Jun 1899

TELFORD, James Clarence

Service number 1041
Corporal
Born 11 Jul 1895

BUIK, Ralph Frederick

Service number SX2524
Sergeant
2nd/2nd Field Company / Squadron RAE
Australian Military Forces (WW2)
Born 15 Sep 1904

CUMMINGS, Cyril Gordon

Service number SX9896
Lance Corporal
2nd AIF Transport Companies and Platoons
Australian Military Forces (WW2)
Born 11 Sep 1900

BENNETT, Cyril Ernest Douglas

Service number 56044
Private
Army Medical Corps (AIF)
AIF WW1
Born 30 May 1889

REDDAWAY, Donald Jasper

Service number SX17890
Private
Supply Depot Companies / Platoons
Australian Military Forces (WW2)
Born 21 Feb 1922

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