William Arthur PETERS

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PETERS, William Arthur

Service Number:	6393
Enlisted:	21 September 1915
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	4th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Footscray, Victoria, Australia, May 1896
Home Town:	Armadale, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Scotch College, Melbourne, Australia
Occupation:	Student
Died:	War related Illness - TB, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 20 February 1919
Cemetery:	Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria Presbyterian N 91
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World War 1 Service

21 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 6393, 4th Field Artillery Brigade
18 Nov 1915:	Involvement Gunner, 6393, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked Gunner, 6393, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
6 Nov 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 6393, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, MU - TB

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From How We Served

The final resting place for; - 6393 Gunner William Arthur Peters of Armadale, Victoria who was still studying as a student when he enlisted for War Service on the 21st of September 1915 and was allocated to the 10th Battery of the 4th Field Artillery Brigade 1st AIF.

William was embarked for Egypt and further training on the 18th of November and by the 19th of May 1916 he was embarked with his Unit for France, but due to his becoming seriously sick he was landed in England and by the 30th of May he had been admitted into hospital. William was diagnosed as suffering from the effects of tuberculosis, and he was embarked at England for his return to Australia as an invalid on the 24th of June.

After his arrival back in Australia William was admitted into the 11th Australian General Hospital (Caulfield) for immediate treatment, and from here he was sent over to the phthisis war at Broadmeadows and as well would receive ongoing treatment at the Military Sanitorium (Macleod). On the 6th of November 1916 William received his official discharge from the 1st AIF for his re-entry into civilian life. There was to be no improvement in William’s health and he finally succumbed to illness whilst in the Austin Hospital on the 20th of February 1919 at the age of 23.

Following his passing William was laid to rest within his family’s collective burial site at Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria.

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