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PEILE, Albert Victor
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 769 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 August 1914, Kensington, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Taradale, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Taradale, Mount Alexander, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Taradale State School, Vic. |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, 4 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Taradale State School 614 Roll of Honor, Taradale War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 22 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 769, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Kensington, NSW | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 769, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 769, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 769, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 6 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 769, 3rd Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli | |
| 23 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 769, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières | |
| 14 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 769, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm | |
| 20 Sep 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Belgium | |
| 11 Jan 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 3rd Infantry Battalion, France | |
| 3 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 769, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second) | |
| 4 May 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 769, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 769 awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-05-04 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Brother: Private John Peile, service number 2662, 2nd Battalion, AIF, enlisted on 25 June 1915. He was a 38-year-old unmarried miner and served in Gallipoli and France and was promoted to corporal. He died in France on 18 September 1918 and is buried at Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension, France.
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Albert Victor Peile is also remembered on the Taradale School Honour Roll, the Taradale War Memorial and the Taradale Holy Trinity Anglican Church Honour Roll, Vic.