Seymour William Augustus PEAD

PEAD, Seymour William Augustus

    Service Number: 496
    Enlisted: 8 March 1915, Guildford, Western Australia
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 28th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Geraldton, Western Australia, 1880
    Home Town: Perth, Western Australia
    Schooling: State School, Western Australia
    Occupation: Butcher
    Died: Died of wounds - shell wound to the back, At sea on board HS Guildford Castle, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 22 September 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Buried at sea. Rev. S.W. Wallace officiated Panel 68, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kalgoorlie St John's Anglican Church Honour Roll, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    8 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 496, 28th Infantry Battalion, Guildford, Western Australia
    24 May 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 28th Infantry Battalion, In the field
    29 Jun 1915: Involvement Sergeant, 496, 28th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
    29 Jun 1915: Embarked Sergeant, 496, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle
    20 Sep 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 496, 28th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shell wound to the back and invalided to Alexandria on 21 September 1915 on board HS Guildford Castle but died at sea

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    Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

    Enlisted and served as Seymour William Pead
     

    Marital status at the time of enlistment was given as Widower

    Son of Ellen Pead of 118 Broome Street, Perth, WA

    Medals:1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Roll of Honour Circular makes mention of his being a member of the second expedition led by A.W. Canning to equip the Canning Stock Route, WA in 1908-1910

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