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PETERSON, John Herrick

Service Number:	3703
Enlisted:	8 December 1914
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	3rd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Leura, Blue Mountains Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 17 August 1918, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rosieres Communal Cemetery Extension, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

8 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 3703, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade
2 Feb 1915:	Involvement Gunner, 3703, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Hessen embarkation_ship_number: A45 public_note: ''
2 Feb 1915:	Embarked Gunner, 3703, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , SS Hessen, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Peter Rankin

He served under the alias of John Williams.