Leonard PETERSON

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PETERSON , Leonard

Service Number:	722
Enlisted:	29 January 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Brighton, Bayside, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 25 November 1915
Cemetery:	Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Plot 11, Row E, Grave 9 Headstone inscription reads: From memories leaves we will never blot three words forget me not,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

29 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 722, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne
10 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 722, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A38' Ulysses from Sydney on 10th May 1915.
11 Nov 1915:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 21st Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 22nd Battalion
25 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 722, 21st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 722 awm_unit: 21st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-11-25

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Enlisted and served under alias Peter Palmer

Son of Adolph Frederic and Emma Peterson, of Whyte Street, Brighton Beach, Victoria, Australia. Brother of Violet Stanley nee Peterson

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

8 February 1923 - Base Records wrote that they had received documentary evidence that his correct name was Leonard Peterson and not the name under which he served which he give as Peter Palmer and that the records had been amended to Leonard Peterson

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