MCLACHLAN, Peter Francis
Service Number: | 4566 |
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Enlisted: | 23 September 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Clear Lake, Victoria, Australia , January 1891 |
Home Town: | Tooan, Horsham, Victoria |
Schooling: | Tooan State School |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Guedecourt, France, 11 November 1916 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Eumungerie - Coboco RSL Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
23 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4566, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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28 Jan 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4566, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
28 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4566, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
11 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4566, 6th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...4566 Private Peter McLachlan, 6th Battalion from Clear Lake, Victoria. A 24 year old labourer prior to enlisting on 23 September 1915, he embarked for overseas with the 14th Reinforcements from Melbourne on 28 January 1916 aboard HMAT Themistocles (A32). After further training in Egypt, he joined the 6th Battalion in France where he was killed in action near Guedecourt on 11 November 1916. Pte McLachlan is commemorated on the Australian National Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux, France with others who have no known grave." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)