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*SNIPER* WW1 AUSTRALIAN DIED OF WOUNDS WAR MEDAL 6410 AUGUST PETERSON 26TH BN

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Offered is a British War Medal, impressed named 6410 PTE A. R. PETERSON. 26 BN. A.I.F.

August Rosemus Peterson had previously served 1st Australian Light Horse (Kingaroy), 11/3/1917 allotted to the 26th Bn. Attended 2nd Army sniping school 1/9/1917. Gassed 17/11/1917 (Belgium), 25/5/1918, wounded as a result of a gas shell, wounding him in his abdomen & left hip (Grandvilliers, France), transferred through the casualty clearing stations and transferred to England for surgery/hospitalised.

Died King George Hospital London (Intestinal Obstruction) 27/9/1918. Buried Brookwood Cemetery 1/10/1918, where he was given a military funeral, with a firing party, bugler & pall bearers in attendance. He was buried in a ‘polished elm’ coffin, with the Australian flag draped over him, to which the last post was played.

His medical record gives a summary of the very painful death that Peterson suffered.

August Rosemus Peterson

Regimental number 6410
Place of birth Laidley Queensland
Religion Methodist
Occupation Farmer
Address Hornley via Kingaroy, Queensland
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 28
Next of kin Father, Sven Peterson, Hornley via Kingaroy, Queensland
Enlistment date 11 October 1916
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 26th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/43/4
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 23 December 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 26th Battalion
Fate Died of wounds 27 September 1918
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) *second given Rosenlus on NR
Age at death from cemetery records 30
Place of burial Brookwood Military Cemetery (Plot IUV, Row B, Grave No. 5), Surrey, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
Australian War Memorial		 108
Miscellaneous information from
cemetery records		 Parents: Sven and Hannah PETERSON, Homley, Kingaroy, Queensland. Native of Kingaroy
Other details War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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