PEEBLES, Alexander James
| Service Number: | 2277 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sassafras, Tasmania, Australia, 18 November 1896 |
| Home Town: | Sassafras East, Latrobe, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Sassafras State School, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Illness, Launceston, Tasmania, 9 February 1965, aged 68 years |
| Cemetery: |
Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania Cremation Memorials, Colonnade Wall, B, 250 |
| Memorials: | Tasmania (Launceston) Garden of Remembrance |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2277, 26th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 27 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2277, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2277, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 5 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 26th Infantry Battalion, Taken on Strength of Battalion in the field Egypt | |
| 29 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2277, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , GSW arm evacuated to No1 General Hospital UK for treatment and convalescence | |
| 1 Mar 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2277, 26th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line | |
| 3 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2277, 26th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (First) | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2277, 26th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2277, 26th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge | |
| 4 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2277, 26th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918 | |
| 14 Jul 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2277, 26th Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front" | |
| 1 Sep 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2277, 26th Infantry Battalion, Mont St Quentin / Peronne | |
| 30 Apr 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2277, 26th Infantry Battalion, RTA 6MD Tasmania 1915 Personnel | |
| 4 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2277, 26th Infantry Battalion, Discharged Tasmania Termination Period of Enlistment | |
| 10 Oct 1919: | Honoured Military Medal, Mont St Quentin / Peronne, Awarded MM for actions at Peronne On 02 September 1918 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Pam Hamilton
Private Alexander Peebles 26th Battalion
With the exception of the Battalions service on Gallipoli Private Peebles was involved in nearly every major action the 26th Battalion carried out in France from 1916 to 1918.
Wounded once, hospitalised with illness twice, Private Peebles was sent on leave in in late October 1918 and return to his unit in France on the day the Armistice was signed 11November 1918
Awarded the MM for his actions with Lance Corporal West at Peronne.
Held in high regard by his CO his recommendation was issued in the After War list of 1919
By far one of the silent heroes of the Great War
Biography contributed
Alexander James PEEBLES was born in Sassafras, Tasmania on 18th November, 1896
His parents were James Robert PEEBLES & Margaret MASON who married on 18th July, 1888 in Barrington, Tasmania
He married Eva May CLOSE in Ulverstone, Tasmania on 29th April, 1924
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Two of his brothers also served during WW1
1. George PEEBLES (SN 684) - died of wounds 1st January, 1917
2. Andrew Henderson PEEBLES (SN 3376) - killed in Action in France on 28th March, 1918
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