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PEACOCK, Charles Ernest
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6194 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Maylands, Bayswater, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Day Dawn, Murchison Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Compositor |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, France, 3 September 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cootamundra War Memorial, Maylands War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 22 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6194, 4th Field Ambulance | |
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| 1 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 6194, 4th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 6194, 4th Field Ambulance, HMAT Benalla, Fremantle | |
| 25 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His brother 2759 Pte. David Harold Peacock also of the 51st Battalion was killed in action on the same day 3 September 1916. Age 28.