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John George PETERSEN

Regimental number525
Place of birthGympie Queensland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressCanning Street, North Ipswich, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinFather, Mr H L Petersen, Police Station, North Ipswich, Queensland
Enlistment date20 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentCorporal
Unit name9th Battalion, E Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/26/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board Transport A5 S.S. Omrah on 24 September 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll49th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 16 October 1916
Place of burialRidge Wood Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row F, Grave No. 3), Voormezeele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
149
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
SEE PETERS THE TRUE FAMILY NAME. Parents: Harry Leonard and Annie PETERS, Redcliffe, Queensland. Native of Gympie, Queensland

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