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PEGGS, James Mason
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6131 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 July 1916, Albany, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Horsey, Norfolk, England, 17 April 1889 |
| Home Town: | Cranbrook, Cranbrook, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cranbrook War Memorial, Cranbrook War Memorial Wall, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6131, Albany, Western Australia | |
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| 9 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6131, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6131, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Fremantle | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6131, 28th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...6131 Private James Mason Peggs, 28th Battalion, of Cranbrook, WA. He was killed in action on 4 October 1917 whilst working as a stretcher bearer in Belgium, aged 28 years.Originally from England, he emigrated to Australia from England in 1911 and was a farmer at the time of his enlistment on 7 July 1916. His brother Robert also served in the AIF; he was wounded, lying in the mud for 24 hours before he was brought in, spending the next two years in hospital." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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