Peter James CONSIDINE

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CONSIDINE, Peter James

Service Numbers:	1330, N78417
Enlisted:	20 November 1914, Transferred to 45th from 13th Bn in March 1916.
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	Army Trades Training Depot
Born:	Junee, New South Wales, Australia, 17 February 1891
Home Town:	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fireman Railways
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2 January 1968, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Junee Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia
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World War 1 Service

20 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1330, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Transferred to 45th from 13th Bn in March 1916.
11 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1330, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Sydney
11 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1330, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''

World War 2 Service

21 Nov 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, N78417
12 May 1944:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, N78417, Army Trades Training Depot

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Biography contributed by Maree Woods

Peter enlisted on November 19th, 1914, at Liverpool and stated his name was Peter Considine and that he was a fireman working for the railways before the war.

He embarked from Australia on February 11th, 1915. After training in Egypt, he joined the 13th Battalion at Gallipoli on September 10th, 1915.

In March 1916 he was transferred to the 45th Battalion in France. He was wounded in the left arm and knee in August 1916 and in the left leg in June 1917. He was shot again September 1917 and on his return to the unit in April 1918 he was promoted to sergeant and on July 11th 1918 he was wounded for a fourth time and was invalided to England and returned to Australia in June 1919 on the “Ormonde”.

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