George Edward PEACOCK

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Service Number:	3682
Enlisted:	28 February 1917, Enlisted at Toowoomba
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	47th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Birmingham, England, 1898
Home Town:	Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Dernacourt, France, 5 April 1918
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Eyewitness says said he was killed instantly by a shrapnel shell wound to the head, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial), Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

28 Feb 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3682, 47th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Toowoomba
2 Aug 1917:	Involvement Private, 3682, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
2 Aug 1917:	Embarked Private, 3682, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Sydney

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Son of Edward John Peacock and Lilly Peacock of 'Arcadia', Klien street, Toowoomba, QLD

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal