PECK, Norman John
| Service Number: | 4859 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 November 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ravenswood, Tasmania, Australia, 20 August 1895 |
| Home Town: | St Leonards, Launceston, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Dairy Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in action, Lagnicourt, France, 6 April 1917, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Launceston Cenotaph, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4859, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 18 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 4859, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 4859, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Norman John Peck was one of the three sons of Sydney Archibald and Eliza Peck of St Leonards, Tasmania who served overseas in the AIF. His brother, 476 Pte. Cyril Sydney Peck 40th Battalion, died of wounds on 28 October 1918, only two weeks before the Armistice on the Western Front. He was 19 years of age.
Another brother 2275 Pte. Gladstone Archibald Peck 7th Machine Gun Company, returned to Australia during 1919.
Norman died during the fighting at Lagnicourt during April 1917, he was reported to have been killed when the Australians made a counter attack against the German advances near that town.
The local paper reported “Mr. S. A. Peck, of St. Leonards, received a cable yesterday as follows: 'Officially reported that Norman John Peck, 12th Battalion, was killed in action on April 10th. He, with two brothers, realising their responsibility to the Empire, enlisted, and have done their best to uphold the honour of the British flag. Norman was much respected by all who knew him.”
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