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PETERS, Ernest Henry
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 120 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Cooktown, Queensland, Australia, 16 August 1894 |
| Home Town: | Cooktown, Cook, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 11 June 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Messines Ridge British Cemetery Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Messines, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cairns Cenotaph, Herberton War Memorial, Mareeba War Memorial, Padre White Memorial Chapel |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 120, 11th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
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| 5 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 120, 11th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Borda, Sydney |
Personal Stories
Ernest Peters
Ernest Peters was born in Cooktown on 16th August 1894. His father was Claus Frederick Peters (born 1847 in Wesselburen, Germany) and his mother was Wilhelmina Albertina Klabunda (born 1862 in Damen, Germany). His parents were married in Cooktown in November 1883 (his mother arriving in Australia in 1882).
Ernest was their 6th child and had 5 brothers and 3 sisters.
Submitted 6 January 2020 by Lisa Ingleby
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