PEACE, Roderick Neil
| Service Number: | 1162 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 April 1915, An original member of D Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia, 21 March 1896 |
| Home Town: | Zeehan, West Coast, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Postal assistant |
| Died: | Killed in action, France, 5 August 1916, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bothwell War Memorial, Hobart Postmaster General's Department Glorious Dead Honour Roll, Men of Bothwell Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1162, 26th Infantry Battalion, An original member of D Company | |
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| 29 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1162, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1162, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Rod, as the deceased soldier was known, was born in Zeehan, and was educated at the East Zeehan State school. On leaving school he joined the staff of the Zeehan Post Office, and later was transferred to the Bothwell Post Office, of which his half brother, Mr J. F. Jordan, was post master. Private Peace left Australia with the 26th Battalion, and served on Gallipoli, and on the evacuation of the Peninsula he went with the First division to France. From information supplied by the Red Cross Enquiry Bureau, Private Peace was killed by a 'shell just after going over the parapet in a charge. One of the party, Private James Manning, also of the P. and T. service, was nearby and recovered Private Peace's identification disc, ' and although he handed it over to the O.C. of his company right away, Peace was reported missing.
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