PETERSON, Percy Alexander
(Service number 1999)
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Birth
| Date | *1886 | Place of Birth | Timaru, South Island, New Zealand |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 28 January 1915 | Age | 28 years 8 months |
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| Occupation | Labourer | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs E. BRABANT (sister), Rickard Avenue, Bondi, Sydney, New South Wales | ||
Military Service
| Served with | Australian Imperial Force | Served in | Army |
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Death
| Date | 4 January 1941 | Age | |
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| Place of Death | Chatswood, New South Wales | ||
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Biographical Notes
Percy Alexander Peterson, who was born (Alexander Pearcey Peterson) in 1886 at Timaru, South Island, New Zealand, was the second son of Peter and Matilda Jane (née Imrie) Peterson. Peter, originally from Norway, was born Pedersen. Percy enlisted with the Australian Imperial Force, on 28 January 1915 at Emerald, Queensland. A labourer, 28 years 8 months old, and single, he named his sister as next-of-kin – Mrs E. Brabant, Rickard Avenue, Bondi, Sydney, NSW, and later of Portsmouth, Bondi Road, Bondi, Sydney, NSW. Percy’s sister, Matilda Jane Peterson, married Edmund Cecil Brabant in 1910 at Sydney, New South Wales, and died there in 1976. Matilda and Edmund were still in Bondi Road in 1930.
Percy married Daisy Ethel Jamieson in 1921 at Sydney. He died on 4 January 1941 at Chatswood, New South Wales. Percy’s youngest brother, Frederick Creighton Peterson, was killed in action in 1918 in France.
Sources
NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [18 April 2020]; Australia Marriage & Death Indexes (NSW Registry online) [18 April 2020]
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