Peter Freitas

Forenames

Peter AWMM

Surname

Freitas AWMM

Also known as

Leonce Brault

Public - Margaret - Direct descendant - 22 January 2017 - family knowledge. He was born Leonce Brault but changed his name, unofficially to Peter Freitas. Freitas was his mothers maiden name. No idea why Peter.

Service number

• WWI 12/191 AWMM
• WWI 14/191A AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

• Guildford, New South Wales, Australia AWMM
• 1 Dec 1885 Public Source

Date of birth

01/12/1885

Public - Margaret - Direct descendant - 26 May 2017 - Family research and NSW BDM

Place of birth

Central Cumberland, NSW, Australia

Public - Margaret - Direct descendant - 26 May 2017 - Family research and NSW BDM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs T.D.C. Freitas, Seedsburg, via Landsborough, N.C. Line, Queensland, Australia AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Married AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 12/191 AWMM
• WWI 14/191A AWMM

Enlistment

WW1

Occupation before enlistment

Farmer

Public - Margaret - Direct descendant - 26 May 2017 - Electoral for last address in Australia.

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 8 or HMNZT 12 AWMM Vessel was Star of India or Waimana AWMM Private AWMM Headquarters, Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM Main Body AWMM

Medical notes

Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
Drowned in the Irish Sea, from R.M.S. "Leinster" AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Lance Corporal/Military AWMM
New Zealand Army Service Corps AWMM

Death

10 Oct 1918 AWMM

Cause of death

Accidental Death AWMM

Cemetery

Grangegorman Military Cemetery, County Dublin, Ireland AWMM NZ RC 1 AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  http://www.cwgc.org
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21005156
  Further Reference
• The National Maritime Museum, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Ireland has a display on the RMS Leinster including a model, documents from and relating to the vessel, and a portal from the wreck of the ship.
  http://www.mariner.ie/
  Further Reference

References

• Eadie, Forbes. Troopships engaged in the Maori Wars, 1840-1865; in the South African War, 1899-1902; in the Great War, 1914-1918. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-90/38.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 248
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.