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PEACOCK, Joseph
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 879 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 December 1915, An original member of C Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mount Nicholas, Tasmania, Australia, 19 September 1894 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in action, Messines, Belgium, 7 June 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 4 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 879, 35th Infantry Battalion, An original member of C Company | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 879, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 879, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Joseph Peacock enlisted with his brother George Peacock, both being original members of the 35th Battalion. Joseph was killed in action at Messines on 7 June 1917, and although he was buried east of a mines crater in German reserve lines, 1 mile South of Messines, Belgium, his grave destroyed in subsequent fighting and his remains were lost. His brother George was soon after awarded a Military Medal and returned to Australia in 1919. Another brother, William Thomas Peacock also served overseas in the AIF.
They were the sons of Thomas and Charlotte Peacock of West Maitland, New South Wales.
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