PEUT, Peter Jacob Christopher
| Service Number: | 7292 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 October 1916, Cairns, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia, 10 December 1888 |
| Home Town: | Mount Morgan, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Boys State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Timber Cutter |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 31 March 1918, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1, France Plot VI, Row G, Grave 50, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Herberton War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7292, 15th Infantry Battalion, Cairns, Queensland | |
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| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 7292, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 7292, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney | |
| 31 Mar 1918: | Involvement Private, 7292, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 7292 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-03-31 | |
| Date unknown: | Honoured Military Medal, For bravery in the field |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Peter Jacob Christopher PEUT was born in Mount Morgan, Queensland on 10th December, 1888
His parents were Johann (John) PEUT & Emma Paulina Catherine HEINRICH
He enlisted in Cairns on 28th October, 1916 and embarked from Sydney on 24th January, 1917 with the 15th Infantry Battalion, 14th Reinforcements on the HMAT Ayrshire
He was wounded in action on 28th March, 1918 with shrapnel wounds to his legs during the Battle of Hebuterne & admitted to the 2nd 1st West Riding Field Ambulance and then transferred to the No. 3 Canadian Station Hospital in Doullens , France where he later died from his wounds on 31st March, 1918
Peter is buried in the Doullens Communal Cemetery & his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial
He was awarded the Military Medal "For bravery in the field"
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His brother John David PEUT (SN 603) also served in WW1 and returned to Australia in 1919
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