PETERSON, Thomas Eric
| Service Number: | 3454 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 January 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Minlaton, Yorke Peninsula- South Australia , September 1895 |
| Home Town: | Minlaton, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Shop Assistant |
| Died: | Wounds, No 3 Canadian Standing Hospital, France, 5 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1, France Plot VI, Row D, Grave No.2, |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Minlaton Methodist Sunday School Pictorial Honor Roll, Minlaton War Memorial WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3454, 50th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 10 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 3454, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 3454, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Adelaide | |
| 5 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3454, 50th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, SW to left arm and right leg Dead on arrival at hospital |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Kathleen Bambridge
His mother having lost three sons and a brother in the war was given the honor of unveilling the Minlaton War Memorial on the 19 November 1923. His brothers were JR Peterson and LKG Peterson.
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
AWM Summary
3454 Private (Pte) Thomas Eric Peterson, 50th Battalion from Minlaton, South Australia. A 21 year old shop assistant prior to enlisting on 2 January 1917, he embarked for overseas with the 9th Reinforcements of the 50th Battalion from Adelaide on 10 February 1917 aboard HMAT Seang Bee. Following further training in England, he arrived in France and joined the 50th Battalion on 25 August 1917. Pte Peterson was wounded in action at Dernancourt, France on 5 April 1918 and died of his wounds the same day. He is buried in the Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension, France.
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Private T. E. Peterson was killed in action on April 5, 1918. He tried four times before he was accepted, for never was there a boy more anxious to go and help his comrades. He heard the call, and answered it as only a true soldier knows how. He left Adelaide on February 10, 1917.
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