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*SNIPER* WW1 AUSTRALIAN DIED OF WOUNDS WAR MEDAL 6410 AUGUST PETERSON 26TH BN
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 […]
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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 |
