Peter Clarke KIBBLE DCM

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Service Number:	966
Enlisted:	6 October 1914, Rosehill Camp, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cullen Bullen, New South Wales, Australia, 10 May 1883
Home Town:	Cessnock, Cessnock, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Timbergetter
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 11 April 1917, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Quorrobolong School War Memorial Gates, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

6 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 966, Rosehill Camp, New South Wales
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 966, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 966, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
3 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 966, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW back of neck
5 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 13th Infantry Battalion
24 Apr 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 13th Infantry Battalion
16 Nov 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 13th Infantry Battalion
11 Apr 1917:	Involvement Sergeant, 966, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 966 awm_unit: 13 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-04-11
19 Apr 1917:	Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, Battle for Pozières , For conspicuous gallantry in action during operations north west of Pozieres. During the charge on night of 29 August 1916 he became separated from his Company and took charge of a number of men who were leaderless, rallied them, and led them under heavy machine gun fire to an enemy trench which was strongly held. At the head of his men he charged and dislodged the enemy, and after consolidating, he held the trench for over an hour, repelling one counter-attack before he was forced to withdraw in the face of a superior force.

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