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Frank PEAKER

Regimental number2464
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address29 Moncur Street, Woollahra, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation39.4
Height5' 9.5"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinSister, Miss B Peaker, 29 Moncur Street, Woollahra, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the Royal Australian Artillery; time expired.
Enlistment date16 July 1915
Place of enlistmentLiverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name19th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/36/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 5 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 11 December 1918
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Photo: Peter Dennis
Discharge date11 May 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Saxon', 11 December 1918; discharged (medically unfit: gas poisoning), Sydney, 11 May 1919.

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

Death attributed to War Service.
Date of death27 March 1935
Place of burialRookwood Necropolis, Sydney, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, PEAKER Frank

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