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PETERS, Archibald James
| Service Number: | 6090 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Stirling, South Australia, Australia, 21 April 1888 |
| Home Town: | Mount Compass, Alexandrina, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Gardener |
| Died: | Mount Compass, 5 April 1982, aged 93 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Compass Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Mount Compass - Nangkita Districts Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 6090, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
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| 12 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 6090, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 6090, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 6090, 10th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide High School
On 21 April 1888, Archibald James Peters was born in Stirling East, South Australia. Before enlisting, Archibald had worked as a gardner. He had no previous military service on his record.
Archibald's family,had consisted of his father (Richard Peters), his mother ( Ada Cora Jacobs) his two brothers ( Sydney Alan Peters and Howard Bishop Peters) and his three sisters ( Edna Annie Peters, Lilla Birtha Peters and Elizabeth Harriet Peters). He was the eldest son in his family. Archibald had married Hedwig Elizabeth Kiesewetter in Unley, South Australia, on 27 May 1916. They were the parents of Thelma Annie Peters.
Archibald James Peters was a 5ft 7in man that had dark-brown hair and brown eyes. His religion was Methodism.
Archibald had enlisted on 8 June 1916, in Adelaide, South Australia. He had embarked on 12 August 1916, and the ship he was on, was the HMAT A70 Ballarat. Archibald's unit was the 19 reinforcements for the 10th battalion, whilst he had been moved to another unit.
During Archibald's service, he did not get sick. However, he was wounded in action on the 24 August 1918 suffering from a gunshot wound to the head in Rouen, France whilst he had been transported to Duchess Connaught Hospital in Taplow, England on the 25 August 1918.
Archibald James Peters had returned from service back to South Australia.