Archibald Moyes PETERSON

Badge Number: S3604, Sub Branch: Parkside
S3604

PETERSON, Archibald Moyes

Service Number: 2213
Enlisted: 1 June 1915, Keswick, SA
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 27th Infantry Battalion
Born: Curramulka, South Australia, 16 October 1887
Home Town: Minlaton, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Harnessmaker
Died: At his mother's resdemce. 40 Hauteville Terrace, Eastwood, South Australia, 2 May 1942, aged 54 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section)
Section: LO, Road: 7S, Site No: 14
Memorials: Kadina & District WW1 Roll of Honor, Minlaton Methodist Sunday School Pictorial Honor Roll, Minlaton War Memorial WW1
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World War 1 Service

1 Jun 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2213, 27th Infantry Battalion, Keswick, SA
21 Sep 1915: Involvement Private, 2213, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
21 Sep 1915: Embarked Private, 2213, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Adelaide
4 Aug 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2213, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , SW arm and thigh, slight
6 Jan 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 27th Infantry Battalion
11 Nov 1918: Involvement Corporal, 2213, 27th Infantry Battalion
5 Dec 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 2213, 27th Infantry Battalion, 4th MD Family reasons - 3 brothers KIA or DoW.

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of William PETERSON and Mary Reade LITSTER of Minlaton, SA

PETERSON.—On May 7, at his mother's residence, 40 Hauteville ter., Eastwood, Archibald Moyes, dearly beloved husband of Grace Peterson, and loving  father of Jim (R.A.N.), Roma, Barbara, and Margaret. Late 27th Battalion. First A.I.F. Aged 54 years.