PETERSEN, William
| Service Number: | 778 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, November 1893 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Cooks Hill Superior Public School |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 8 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Lone Pine Cemetery (Special Memorial C.126), Gallipoli, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Newcastle (Gardner Memorial) War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 778, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 778, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 778, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Private William Jens Peter Petersen, 2nd Battalion, butcher of 120 Church Street, Newcastle, New South Wales, fell on the 8th August 1915 at The Battle of Lone Pine, age 21.
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1654808/
Born at Newcastle, New South Wales on the 13th October 1893 to Jens Peter (died 1928) and Hannah Marion (died 1957) Petersen of Royal Street, New Lambton, New South Wales, Bluey enlisted August 1914 at Randwick, N.S.W.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137979128
Now resting at Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey. Sp. Mem Row C Grave 126.
William has also been remembered on the Gardner Memorial, Cooks Hill Superior Public School Roll of Honour, Newcastle Central Methodist Mission Roll of Honour, Newcastle Methodist Church Roll of Honour, Newcastle Lodge No-26 L.O.L. (Loyal Orange Lodge) Roll of Honour and the Newcastle Protestant Alliance Lodge No-7 Roll of Honour.
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