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John Albert Peat

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Portrait, John Albert Peat, 14 March 1918, while on leave in London. - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, John Albert Peat, 14 March 1918, while on leave in London. - No known copyright restrictio …

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John Albert AWMM
  • Surname
    Peat AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 27582 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    7 December 1892 AWMM Sutton, Otago AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 David Peat (father), Sutton, Central Otago, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    1916 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 27582 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 31 May 1916 AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • 15 December 1917 AWMMWounds Diseases Etc., WWI AWMM
      Reported wounded AWMM
    • 23 August 1918 AWMMWounds Diseases Etc., WWI AWMM
      Wounded gun shot wound left knee AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Jaw. Treated at The Queen's Hospital "Frognal", Sidcup. AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Arthur Peat was the son of David and Isabella Peat of Bush Road, Otago.

    Brothers Arthur Charles Peat (8/1597) and John Albert Peat (27582) served in WW1. The brothers are written about in a book: Anne Elliott (2007) "A Portrait of Two Small Otago Schools". AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    • 10 June 1985 Military Personnel file
      Mosgiel, Otago Military Personnel file
    • 10 June 1985 Allan Steel Cemetery Project
      Age 92 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    East Taieri Cemetery, Dunedin City Council AWMM Block NB, Plot 1042 AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      41: 16 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 4: Includes portrait AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • This record was partially compiled from data kindly provided by Allan Steel Cemetery Project (2020) AWMM

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