Peter Albert Ernest PETERSEN

PETERSEN, Peter Albert Ernest

Service Number: WX12348
Enlisted: 2 May 1941
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion
Born: Perth, Western Australia, 24 May 1907
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Died of wounds, Egypt, 17 July 1942, aged 35 years
Cemetery: El Alamein War Cemetery
El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Marsa Matruh, Egypt
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, WX12348
2 May 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX12348, 2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Kerry Shooks

BIRTH 24 MAY 1907 • Karrakatta, Perth, WA (Twin to Mary Victoria)
DEATH 17 JUL1942 • El AEl Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Maṭrūḥ, Egypt PLOT III. F. 23. ------

AWARDED THE FOLLOWING MEDALS 1939 -1945 AFRICA STAR, DEFENCE, WAR AND AUSTRALIAN SERVICE MEDALS