Peter Maurice OVERGARD

OVERGARD, Peter Maurice

Service Number: 5293
Enlisted: 4 December 1914, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 4th Field Bakery
Born: Aalborg, Denmark, 16 September 1879
Home Town: Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Baker
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World War 1 Service

4 Dec 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5293, Field Bakeries and Butcheries, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 5293, Field Bakeries and Butcheries, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 5293, Field Bakeries and Butcheries, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne
5 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Field Bakery
12 Apr 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5293, 4th Field Bakery, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Arrived in Australia on 15 or 16 Februaruy 1900 aboard SS Ophea disembarking at Bisbane, QLD. When applying for naturalization Peter stated that he had also lived in New Zealand and Melbourne and that he was a widower who had been residing in Australia for about twelve years.

His Certificate of Naturalization was sworn on 25 November 1914

Address at the time of enlistment was given as Gladstone Road, South Brisbane, QLD

Son of M.E. Overgard of Vijgaaden, Aalborg, Denmark

Commenced return to Australia on 3 December 1918 aboard HT Port Hacking disembarking 27 January 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British Medal, Victory Medal

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