OVERGARD, Peter Maurice
| Service Number: | 5293 |
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| 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 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5293, Field Bakeries and Butcheries, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
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| 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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Add my storyBiography 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