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Peter James BIRNIE

Regimental number34
Place of birthCrookwell, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationCarpenter
Address217 Wilson Street, Newtown, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinWife, Mrs Agnes Birnie, 217 Wilson Street, Newtown, New South Wales
Enlistment date17 August 1914
Place of enlistmentRandwick, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll20th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 24 August 1918
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Photo: Andrew Richardson
Discharge date12 December 1918
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death30 November 1952
Age at death62
Place of burialRookwood Necropolis, Sydney, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, BIRNIE Peter James

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