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PEACH, David
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 7308 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 October 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gatton, Queensland, Australia, 10 May 1891 |
| Home Town: | Gatton, Lockyer Valley, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Upper Tent Hill State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in action, France, 26 April 1918, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gatton Weeping Mother Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 22 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7308, 9th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 7308, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 7308, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
David Peach was the son of James and Christina Peach of Upper Tent Hill, Gatton, Queensland. His younger adopted brother, with whom he had been raised, 4554 Lance Corporal Percy Peach, 47th Battalion had been killed in action at Dernancourt on 3 April 1918, only three weeks before David died. Neither has a known grave.
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