PEACH, Ephraim Francis
| Service Number: | 1834 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 July 1915, Broadmeadows, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Stanley, Victoria, Australia, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Stanley, Indigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | State School, Stanley, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Gripman |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Mouquet Farm, France, 5 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
| Memorials: | Beechworth Shire WW1 Honour Roll, Beechworth War Memorial, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board HR |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1834, 29th Infantry Battalion, Broadmeadows, Victoria | |
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| 29 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 1834, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 1834, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne | |
| 2 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 19 Apr 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 5 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1834, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Ephraim Francis PEACH was born in Stanley, Victoria in 1886
His parents were Ephraim PEACH & Eliza Jane GILBERT
He enlisted in Broadmeadows, Victoria on 29th July, 1915 & embarked from Melbourne on the HMAT Demosthenes on 29th October, 1915 with the 29th Infantry Battalion, 2nd Reinforcements
He was transferred to the 45th Infantry Battalion on 2nd April, 1916 and promoted to Lance Corporal on 19th April, 1916
Ephraim was listed as Missing in Action and after a Court Enquiry was found to have been Killed in Action between 5th August, 1916 and 8th August, 1916 - there is no known grave
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
IN MEMORY