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PETERS, Edward
| Service Number: | 1201 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 September 1914, An original member of G Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Aldgate, South Australia, Australia, 10 June 1891 |
| Home Town: | Aldgate, Adelaide Hills, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Springbank, South Australia, 13 February 1963, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Section: KO, Road: 19A, Site No: 50 |
| Memorials: | Aldgate Honour Board, Aldgate War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1201, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), An original member of G Company | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1201, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1201, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Edward was one of three brothers from Aldgate, South Australia who enlisted. Edward was the only surviving member of his brothers, and he was returned to Australia with severe injuries from the Gallipoli campaign.
Edward joined the original 16th Battalion along with his brother, Roy, during 1914. They both took part in the Anzac landing on 25 April 1915. Edward was severely wounded a week later, from a bullet which caused a compound fracture of his thigh bone. Although evacuated to England, he was sent home to Australia in 1916, with a badly damaged hip and thigh bone and was still listed as a military pensioner over 20 years later. He passed away during 1963 and had been a member of the Limbless Soldiers Association.
His brother Roy was wounded at the same at Gallipoli, then wounded again at Pozieres during 1916 before he was killed in action at Bullecourt during April 1917.
A younger brother, Arthur Peters, of the 49th Battalion AIF also died of wounds inflicted at Pozieres during August 1916, only a couple of weeks past his eighteenth birthday.
They were the sons of William and Ellen Peters, of Aldgate, South Australia.
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