George Edward PEACOCK

Birthplace
England
Resided
Toowoomba
Occupation
Labourer
Enlisted
28-February-1917
Place
Toowoomba
Age
18
Status
Single
Service No
3682
Rank
Private
Unit
47th Battalion, 10th Reinforcements
Embarked
02-August-1917
Place
Sydney
Active Service
Western Front
Highest rank
N/A
Honours and Awards
No
Fate
How Died
Killed in action
Date
05-April-1918
Place
Dernacourt, France
Cemetery or Memorial
Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France
Notes

Also named on Toowoomba Mothers’ Memorial.

 

George Peacock arrived in France in January 1917 following four months training in England. On 5 April 1918 he was reported “missing in action” in a major attack at Dernancourt. In October a Court of Enquiry confirmed he had been killed by shrapnel. He was 20. He has no known grave.