PEAKE, Walter Leslie
Service Number: | 5772 |
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Enlisted: | 8 February 1916, Liverpool, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Peakhurst, New South Wales, November 1880 |
Home Town: | Peakhurst, Hurstville, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Peakhurst Public School |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
8 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5772, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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3 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5772, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
3 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5772, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney | |
4 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5772, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...5772 Private Walter Leslie Peake, 3rd Battalion, of Peakhurst, NSW. A labourer prior to enlisting in February 1916, Pte Peake embarked from Sydney with the 18th Reinforcements on board HMAT Kyarra (A55) on 3 June 1916. On 4 October 1917, Pte Peake was killed in action at Ypres, Belgium. He was 39 years of age." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)