George PEEBLES

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Service Number:	684
Enlisted:	19 February 1916, Clarement, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sassafras, Tasmania, Australia, 1898
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Preston School, Tasmania
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Died of Wounds, France, 1 February 1917
Cemetery:	Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres IV D 14
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sheffield War Memorial

19 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 684, 40th Infantry Battalion, Clarement, Tasmania
1 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 684, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
1 Jul 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 684, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart

Visited the Graves in France with my Father Roland John Mason in1978/9
George Peebles was related to Dad and disembarked on the same ship in 1916

Submitted 4 June 2015 by Peter Mason

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George PEEBLES was born in Sassafras, Tasmania in 1898

His parents were James Robert PEEBLES & Margaret MASON who married in Barrington, Tasmania on 18th July, 1888

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Two of his brothers also served during WW1

1. Andrew Henderson PEEBLES (SN 3376) - killed in action in France on 28th March, 1918

2. Alexander James PEEBLES (SN 2277) - returned

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