Maxwell Wesley (Max) PETERS

PETERS, Maxwell Wesley

Service Number: 23152
Enlisted: 8 May 1939
Last Rank: Telegrapher
Last Unit: HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2
Born: Tarcoola, South Australia, Australia, 19 September 1920
Home Town: Mallala, Mallala, South Australia
Schooling: Yongala, South Australia 1927-33
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Killed in Action, Indian Ocean, 20 November 1941, aged 21 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Birkenhead HMAS Sydney (II) D48 Memorial, Carnarvon HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Carnarvon Walk of Remembrance, Geraldton HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea, Yacka WWII Honour Board, Yacka War Memorial
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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard W. Peters, of Mallala, South Australia.

Telegraphist Maxwell Wesley Peters, 21, who was a member of the crew of HMAS Sydney, was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. H.W Peters, of Mallala. He joined the navy when he was 18. He has a brother in the RAAP and sister in the VADs.