PEILE, John
| Service Number: | 2662 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 June 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Echuca, Victoria, Australia, 1877 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Taradale State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 18 September 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension, France Plot III, Row H, Grave No. 9 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Taradale State School 614 Roll of Honor, Taradale War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2662, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 9 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 2662, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 2662, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney | |
| 4 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2662, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 14 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2662, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm | |
| 16 Sep 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Belgium | |
| 6 Sep 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Belgium | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 2662, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Menin Road, GSW left arm. | |
| 8 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 2662, 2nd Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens | |
| 18 Sep 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 2662, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2662 awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-09-18 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
John Peile is also remembered on the Taradale School Honour Roll, the Taradale War Memorial and the Taradale Holy Trinity Anglican Church Honour Roll, Vic.
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
John Peile was born in Echuca, Victoria. He was a 38-year-old unmarried miner when he enlisted. He served in in Gallipoli and France and was promoted to corporal. He died in France on 18 September 1918 and is buried at Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension, France.
His younger brother Albert enlisted first, as a 22 year old unmarried clerk, on 27 August 1914, service number 769, 3rd Battalion. He served in Gallipoli and later France, and was eventually promoted to the rank of corporal. Albert died in Bullecourt, France on 4 May 1917 and is commemorated at the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial. Their mother Mary Peile died in 1926, aged 73.
The photograph was taken at The Crown Studios, Sydney. John enlisted in Newcastle, New South Wales, and left Sydney on the HMAT Runic on 9 August 1915. Albert enlisted in Kensington, New South Wales, and left Sydney on the HMAT Euripides on 20 October 1914.
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