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The Australian Boer War Memorial
Anzac Parade Canberra
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| Private Erich Peters |
Ancestor Details
Ancestor's Name: Erich Carl Theodore Otto Peters
Ancestor's date of birth: 21/11/1872
Ancestor's date of death: 11/10/1950
Cause of Death: Detail not provided
Service Number: 117
Colony or State of enlistment: VIC, Place of Enlistment: St Arnaud
Unit: 1st Victorian Mounted Infantry
Rank attained in Boer War: PTE, Date Effective: Detail not available
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No subsequent service recorded.
Murray Page: 228
Contingent: 1st Victorian
Ship: Medic, Date of Sailing: 28/10/1989
Memorial details: VMR Memorial Melbourne.
Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps.
Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided.
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided.
Details of service in war: November 1899 - February 1900 in northern Cape Colony. Wounded in action at Rensburg 12 February 1900, invalided to Australia arriving 24 May 1900.
Service and life after the Boer War: Married Harriet Cordelia Bond 19 Sep 1900 at Burke's Flat near St Arnaud, Victoria. The family moved to Wonthaggi 20 years later and he lived there until he died. He worked as an engine driver, first in St Arnaud, then in the mines at Wonthaggi.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Jennifer Margaret Jensen, Florey ACT
Relationship to Ancestor: Great-Granddaughter
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