James Roy PETERSON

PETERSON, James Roy

Service Number: 1724
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, Minlaton Methodist Sunday School Pictorial Honor Roll, Minlaton War Memorial WW1, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

27 Apr 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1724, 22nd Infantry Battalion
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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Biography 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