PEACOCK, George Edward
| Service Number: | 3682 |
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| 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, Dernancourt, France, 5 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" 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 |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3682, 47th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Toowoomba | |
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| 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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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Son of Edward John Peacock and Lilly Peacock of 'Arcadia', Klien street, Toowoomba, QLD
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
George Edward Peacock was born in Birmingham, England, probably in around 1900. His family arrived in Brisbane, Queensland in July 1913, parents Edward John and Mary Lily Peacock, and four children. George was then listed as 13 years of age.
When George enlisted in Toowoomba during February 1917, he was probably only 17 years of age. Despite his youth he was measured at 6ft 3in, and weighed well over 12 stone.
He arrived in England in October 1917 and joined the 47th Battalion at the front in January 1917.
George was killed in action when the Germans made a very heavy attack on the 47th Battalion near the Dernancourt railway line on 5 April 1918. The unit faced overwhelming numbers and fought hard, losing many casualties and men captured in overrun positions. George has a lengthy Red Cross wounded and missing file and it seems he was probably killed by shrapnel defending a trench as part of C Company of the 47th Battalion.
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