PECK, Reginald Darcy
Service Number: | 359 |
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Enlisted: | 8 January 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 2nd Field Squadron Engineers |
Born: | Gulgong, NSW, 1892 |
Home Town: | Gulgong, Mid-Western Regional, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Beryl Public School |
Occupation: | Carpenter |
Died: | Illness (Pneumonia), Egypt, 22 October 1918 |
Cemetery: |
Port Said War Memorial Cemetery H 23 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gulgong Beryl Public School WW1 Roll of Honour, Gulgong District Soliders Memorial, Gulgong Methodist Church Honor Roll, Gulgong and Mudgee District Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
8 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 359, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Liverpool, NSW | |
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13 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 359, 12th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
13 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 359, 12th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
22 Oct 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 359, 2nd Field Squadron Engineers, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 359 awm_unit: 2nd Field Squadron, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-10-22 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John and Henrietta PECK of Beryl, via Gulgong, NSW
A Beryl Soldier.
PAYS THE FULL PRICE
Word has come to hand to the effeet that Private R. Peck, of Beryl, had died at the front as a result of pneumonia. The young soldier was well known in the Gulgong district. His parents also reside at Beryl, and to them we extend our deepest sympathy.