Charles Riach PEAT

PEAT, Charles Riach

    Service Number: 99
    Enlisted: 17 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 4th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Loechel, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 1884
    Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Police Constable
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915
    Cemetery: Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC
    Sp. Mem. B. 6. INSCRIPTION THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT , Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Baulkham Hills William Thompson Masonic School War Memorial, Surry Hills NSW Police Force Roll of Honour WW1, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll
    Show Relationships

    World War 1 Service

    17 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 99, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
    20 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 99, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    20 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 99, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
    26 Jun 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 4th Infantry Battalion

    Help us honour Charles Riach Peat's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

    Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

    He was 30 and the son of Margaret Esson (formerly Peat), of Waulkmill, Tarland, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and the late Charles Peat.

    He is remembered on the Tarland War Memorial.

    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Arrived in Australia aged 26.5 years

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Previously served in the Glasgow Police Force, Scotland for 5 years

    Showing 3 of 3 images.
    Click images to start slideshow.

    Links and Documents