David Molton PEEK

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Service Number:	3358
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Balaklava, South Australia, 8 March 1901
Home Town:	Balaklava, Wakefield, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Engineers Improver
Died:	Natural causes, Bega, New South Wales, 24 March 1980, aged 79 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Balaklava District WW1 Roll of Honour

7 Mar 1918:	Involvement Private, 3358, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Ormonde embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
7 Mar 1918:	Embarked Private, 3358, 43rd Infantry Battalion, SS Ormonde, Melbourne
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Private, 3358, 50th Infantry Battalion

Born 8 March 1901 as David Moulton PEEK and in 1917 enlisted at age 16 but was discovered to be under age and discharged

Enlisted again in 1917 at age 16 and after declaring he was born on 8 March 1899 was successful

Biography written by Ezra Lockwood, Horizon Christian School, SA attached as a document. Winning entry for 2021 Premier's Anzac Spirit School Prize.