HERON, Peter John
| Service Number: | SX837 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 20 October 1939, Mount Gambier, SA |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Shillong, India, 14 June 1918 |
| Home Town: | Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Mount Gambier High School |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk - Union Bank |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Papua, 26 December 1942, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea B6 F 24 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melbourne Union Bank of Australia Limited 'In Memoriam' WW2 Honour Roll, Mount Gambier High School Old Scholars WW2 Honour Roll |
World War 2 Service
| 20 Oct 1939: | Involvement Corporal, SX837, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Mount Gambier, SA | |
| 20 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, SX837, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Edmund Franklin Heron and Mary Estelle Heron, of Mt. Gambier, South Australia.
ONLY SON OF E. & E.F. HERON. PRO PATRIA
Mrs. M. E. Heron, Wallis Street, Mount Gambier, received advice yesterday evening that her son, Peter John, Md been killed in action in New Guinea on December 26.
Lance-Corporal Peter John Heron was the only son of Mrs. Heron and the late Mr. P. Heron, and was born in India, where his father was engaged in civil engineering at the time. He was educated at the Mount Gambier High School, and prior to his enlistment he joined the staff of the Mount Gambier branch of the Union Bank. Always being interested in military training, he was one of the first Mount Gambier boys to join the 2nd A.I.F. He sailed for England early in the war and later saw service in Tobruk, Syria and New Guinea. He was wounded at Tobruk. L/C. Heron returned to Australia from the Middle East, and was sent to New Guinea in August of last year. He fell in action a day or two after another Mount Gambier boy, Sgt. Eric A. R. Battye, was killed in New Guinea.
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