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Unit |
8th Light
Horse Regiment, C Squadron |
Rank |
Lance
Corporal |
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Date of Enlistment |
18
September 1914 |
Service no. |
433 |
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Date of Death |
30 August 1915 |
Place of Death |
Walker's
Ridge |
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Age |
39 |
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Cemetery |
Hill 10, Suvla |
Details |
I. I. 18 |
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Epitaph |
Duty
Nobly Done For God, King And Country |
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Next of Kin |
(Brother)
PETERS James |
Address |
Hodgkinson, Welshpool VIC |
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Parents |
John and
Jane Peters |
Address |
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Date of Birth |
Abt 1876 |
Place of birth |
VIC
Glenorchy |
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General |
"Witness and Peters were scouts in C squad,
and after the landing at Suvla were attached to 161st Bgde.
(Essex) for duty. Peters was killed on 28/8/1915 by a
shrapnel bullet at Jefferson's Post (Kizlar Dagh). They were at
dinner at the time, and witness was about 15 yds from Peters.
Jefferson's Post is somewhere on the extreme left of the British line,
quite a long distance from Anzac. Witness buried Peters
were he fell. The Regt. knew nothing about it until witness
reported back for duty in Sept.
Peter's
service as a scout were much appreciated and, in recognition, he was
promoted to L/C just a few days before his death. His pay-book was
forwarded to the authorities by the Essex Bgde. and his personal
belongings were sent to his people by Cpl Garden of this Regt.
Australian War
Memorial, Red Cross files,
1DRL/0428,
2140405 (source 7) |
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Other Sources |
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Photo |
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The Argus Newspaper,
15 November 1915, page 7 (source 42) |
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Newspaper article |
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The Argus Newspaper,
4 November 1915, page 1 (source 42) |
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Newspaper article |
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The Argus Newspaper,
30 October 1915, page 13 (source 42) |
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Headstone |
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Gallipoli Photographic Expedition, 2009 (source 183) |
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Notes |
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Gallipoli
Heroes – a tribute to the men from Western Victoria who gave
their lives for their country. MASSEY, Graeme, page 91
(source 19) |
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Various |
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Australian War Memorial, ACT, Panel 6 (source 14) |
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