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PETERSON, James Roy
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1724 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 April 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Minlaton South Australia, February 1890 |
| Home Town: | Minlaton, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Camperdown War Memorial, Minlaton Methodist Sunday School Pictorial Honor Roll, Minlaton War Memorial WW1, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 27 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1724, 22nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 1724, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 1724, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne | |
| 5 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1724, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , SW right buttock | |
| 9 Dec 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 22nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 22 Jan 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 22nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 3 May 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 1724, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1724 awm_unit: 22 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-05-03 | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 1724, 22nd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Kathleen Bambridge
His mother having lost three sons in the war and her brother unveiled the Minlaton war memorialon 19 November 1923. His brothers were LKG Peterson and TE Peterson
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