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George PEEBLES

Regimental number684
Place of birthSassafras Tasmania
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressPreston, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, James R Peebles, Preston, Tasmania
Enlistment date19 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name40th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/57/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 1 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 1 February 1917
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row D, Grave No. 14), Armentieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
133
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James Robert and Margaret PEEBLES, Preston, Tasmania. Native of Tasmania
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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