PETERSEN, Augustus
| Service Number: | 3313 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 February 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Morpeth, New South Wales, Australia, 7 May 1881 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Cooks Hill Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Accidental - hit by truck, Wickham, New South Wales, Australia, 5 February 1947, aged 65 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 3 (UNITING) F. 51. |
| Memorials: | Cook's Hill Superior Public School |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3313, 1st Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 9 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 3313, 1st Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 9 May 1917: | Embarked Private, 3313, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney | |
| 24 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3313, 1st Light Horse Regiment, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, died tragically, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
77 years ago today, on the Friday afternoon of the 7th February 1947, Private Gustave Augustus Peterson (Petersen), 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment (Reg No-3313), labourer (E Bramble, Newcastle, N.S.W.), from 14 and 11 Union Lane, Newcastle, New South Wales and 7 Dangar Street, Wickham, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 65. METHODIST 3 (UNITING) F. 51.
Death certificate states that Gus died on the 5th February 1947 as Augustus Adolph Petersen.
Born at Morpeth, New South Wales on the 7th May 1881 to William, died 19.10.1927, Newcastle, N.S.W., age?, buried at CATHOLIC 1-4.34, and Jane Ann Peterson, died 4.12.1920, Newcastle, N.S.W., age?, sleeping at ANGLICAN 1-5. 62; husband of Mabel Victoria L Peterson nee Dronsfield (married 1900, Newcastle, N.S.W., as AUGUSTUS A PETERSEN, died 23.6.1962, Newcastle, N.S.W., as PETERSON, resting together), Gus enlisted on the 17th February 1917 at Newcastle, N.S.W. as Augustus Petersen.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A15 Port Sydney on the 9th May 1917.
Admitted to hospital 21.1.1918 (haemorrhoids).
Commenced return to Australia 13.3.1919.
Gus arrived home on the 24th April 1919, being discharged medically unfit on the 24th May 1919.
Mr. Peterson’s name has been inscribed on the Cooks Hill Superior Public School Roll of Honour.
The tragic circumstances of Gus’s death were reported (see link) - report that Gus being killed when run over by a truck.
I have placed poppies at Gus’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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