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PEAT, Henry

Service Number:	304
Enlisted:	30 January 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Waterloo, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 27 July 1916
Cemetery:	Villers-Bretonneux Communal Cemetery Rookwood Cumberland, New South Wales with mother and brother Methodist New section 4 grave number 2780 , Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

30 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 304, Liverpool, New South Wales
12 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 304, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
12 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 304, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney
16 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 304, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
27 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 304, 17th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography contributed by Cheryl Thompson

Australia Birth Index 1788-1922 shows birth name is Harry Walter. Not to be confused with brother Walter Henry.