Augustus Elliott PEGLER MM, MID

PEGLER, Augustus Elliott

    Service Number: 967
    Enlisted: 29 January 1916, Melbourne, Vic.
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 38th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Mildura, Victoria, Australia, 1895
    Home Town: Mildura, Mildura Shire, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Station overseer
    Memorials: Mildura Presbyterian Church Honour Roll
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    World War 1 Service

    29 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 967, 38th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
    20 Jun 1916: Involvement Private, 967, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
    20 Jun 1916: Embarked Private, 967, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne
    3 Mar 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 38th Infantry Battalion, France
    8 Jun 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 967, 38th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines, SW to cheek and shell shock. Evacuated to hospital (France). Rejoined unit 5 August 1917.
    4 Oct 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 967, 38th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge
    12 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 967, 38th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele, GSW to abdomen. Evacuated to UK. Rejoined unit 10 May 1918.
    1 Jan 1918: Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Third Ypres
    31 May 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 38th Infantry Battalion, France
    8 Aug 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 967, 38th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens
    31 Aug 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 967, 38th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", Clery sur Somme
    3 Sep 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 38th Infantry Battalion, France
    29 Sep 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 967, 38th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal
    26 Oct 1918: Honoured Military Medal, "The Last Hundred Days", During the operations of 31st August 1918, East of CLERY-sur-SOMME, for most excellent handling of his Lewis gun team in the attack on INFERNO Trench. The flank was in considerable danger owing to the presence of about 30 of the enemy in a communication trench leading to LA FAYE Trench. He held them back by use of his Lewis gun in the face of heavy enemy fire from machine guns and stick grenades. His gun was knocked out of action, but he continued with bombs and rifle fire until the arrival of reinforcements and it was mainly by his good work that the enemy was prevented from working round the flanks
    27 Jul 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 967, 38th Infantry Battalion, RTA 30 April 1919 and discharged (TPE).

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