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PECK, George Albain
(Service number 7/101)

George Albain Peck — (Otago Witness, 4 August 1915, p42 )

Aliases
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank

Birth

Date	13/02/1890	Place of Birth	Waimate

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Morven, New Zealand
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	M.B. Peck, West Avenue, St Clair, Dunedin, New Zealan
Religion	Methodist
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Date	16 October 1914
Transport	HMNZT 4 Tahiti or HMNZT 11 Athenic
Embarked From	Wellington, New Zealand	Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egyptian (1914-1916); Egyptian Expeditionary Force (1916); Balkan, Gallipoli (1915); Western European (1916-1918);
Service Medals	1914-1915 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal; Gallipoli Medallion & Lapel Badge (1967)
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date	21 July 1919	Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	8 July 1981	Age
Place of Death	Southland Hospital
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Centopath database ( 9 August 2015); Military personnel file (9 August 2015)

External Links

Researched and Written by

Saray Sedeno

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