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Sydney New South Wales [17]

Melbourne Victoria [10]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [9]

Shetland, Scotland [5]

Stockholm [5]

Cairns Queensland [4]

Minlaton South Australia [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Copenhagen, Denbighshire, Wales [3]

Port Pirie South Australia [3]

Sunderland, Durham [3]

Balmain New South Wales [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Bundaberg Queensland [2]

Edinburgh Scotland [2]

Fremantle Western Australia [2]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [2]

Jamieson Victoria [2]

Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Mile End Old Town, London [2]

North Sydney New South Wales [2]

Penarth, Glamorganshire, Wales [2]

Port Melbourne Victoria [2]

South Shields, Durham, England [2]

Stansbury South Australia [2]

Stawell Victoria [2]

Tamworth New South Wales [2]

Yass New South Wales [2]

Aalasand [1]

Albert Park Victoria [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Benalla Victoria [1]

Brixham, Devon, England [1]

Burnie Tasmania [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Carlskrona [1]

Cathcart New South Wales [1]

Caversham, Dunedin [1]

Christian Sands England [1]

Collingwood Victoria [1]

Cramahe Twp. [1]

Croydon Queensland [1]

Curramulka South Australia [1]

Dalston, Middlesex [1]

Deptford, London [1]

Drammen [1]

East Maitland New South Wales [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Rank

Private [200]

Corporal [20]

Sapper [19]

Serjeant [18]

Gunner [17]

Driver [16]

Lance Corporal [10]

Lieutenant [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Major [5]

Pioneer [5]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Bombardier [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Rifleman [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Bugler [1]

Captain [1]

Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Deck-Hand [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Nurse [1]

Reverend [1]

Rough Rider [1]

Seaman [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Staff Serjeant Major /Temporary Staff Serjeant Major 1st Class [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Captain/ Acting Major [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Trimmer [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [30]

Canadian Infantry [27]

Royal Field Artillery [26]

Army Service Corps [23]

Labour Corps [21]

Machine Gun Corps [13]

Royal Garrison Artillery [12]

Liverpool Regiment [11]

London Regiment [8]

Northumberland Fusiliers [8]

Seaforth Highlanders [8]

Cape Coloured Labour Regiment [7]

East Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Rifle Brigade [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

British West Indies Regiment [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Gordon Highlanders [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

New Zealand Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Highlanders [3]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3]

Royal Navy [3]

Royal Scots [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

Tank Corps [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Auckland Infantry Regiment [2]

Australian Engineers [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

Indian Defence Force [2]

King's Liverpool Regiment [2]

King's Liverpool Regiment Depot [2]

Service

Canadian Expeditionary Force [390]

British Army [287]

Australian Imperial Force [139]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [38]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [37]

Royal Navy [34]

South African Services [2]

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Contribution

Military Service [926]

Merchant Navy [70]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

New Zealand [2]

Ireland [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [17] Melbourne Victoria [10] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [9] Shetland, Scotland [5] Stockholm [5] Cairns Queensland [4] Minlaton South Australia [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Copenhagen, Denbighshire, Wales [3] Port Pirie South Australia [3] Sunderland, Durham [3] Balmain New South Wales [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Bundaberg Queensland [2] Edinburgh Scotland [2] Fremantle Western Australia [2] Hull, Yorkshire, England [2] Jamieson Victoria [2] Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Mile End Old Town, London [2] North Sydney New South Wales [2] Penarth, Glamorganshire, Wales [2] Port Melbourne Victoria [2] South Shields, Durham, England [2] Stansbury South Australia [2] Stawell Victoria [2] Tamworth New South Wales [2] Yass New South Wales [2] Aalasand [1] Albert Park Victoria [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Benalla Victoria [1] Brixham, Devon, England [1] Burnie Tasmania [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Carlskrona [1] Cathcart New South Wales [1] Caversham, Dunedin [1] Christian Sands England [1] Collingwood Victoria [1] Cramahe Twp. [1] Croydon Queensland [1] Curramulka South Australia [1] Dalston, Middlesex [1] Deptford, London [1] Drammen [1] East Maitland New South Wales [1] Edinburgh [1]

Rank

Private [200] Corporal [20] Sapper [19] Serjeant [18] Gunner [17] Driver [16] Lance Corporal [10] Lieutenant [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Major [5] Pioneer [5] Acting Serjeant [3] Bombardier [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Corporal [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Rifleman [2] Temporary Captain [2] Able Seaman Driver [1] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Bugler [1] Captain [1] Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Deck-Hand [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Nurse [1] Reverend [1] Rough Rider [1] Seaman [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant Major [1] Staff Serjeant Major /Temporary Staff Serjeant Major 1st Class [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Temporary Captain/ Acting Major [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Trimmer [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [30] Canadian Infantry [27] Royal Field Artillery [26] Army Service Corps [23] Labour Corps [21] Machine Gun Corps [13] Royal Garrison Artillery [12] Liverpool Regiment [11] London Regiment [8] Northumberland Fusiliers [8] Seaforth Highlanders [8] Cape Coloured Labour Regiment [7] East Yorkshire Regiment [7] Rifle Brigade [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Welsh Regiment [5] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Naval Reserve [4] South Wales Borderers [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] British West Indies Regiment [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] East Kent Regiment [3] Gordon Highlanders [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] New Zealand Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Highlanders [3] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3] Royal Navy [3] Royal Scots [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] Tank Corps [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Auckland Infantry Regiment [2] Australian Engineers [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] Indian Defence Force [2] King's Liverpool Regiment [2] King's Liverpool Regiment Depot [2]

Service

Canadian Expeditionary Force [390] British Army [287] Australian Imperial Force [139] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [38] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [37] Royal Navy [34] South African Services [2]

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Contribution

Military Service [926] Merchant Navy [70]

Country

United Kingdom [9] New Zealand [2] Ireland [1]

Alexander Henderson Peterson

Born 1885

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 32718 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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George William Peterson

Born 1891

Died 1966

British Army 9560 Lance Corporal West Riding Regiment 2nd

British Army 9560 Corporal West Riding Regiment 2nd

British Army 9560 Serjeant West Riding Regiment 2nd

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Joseph Alexander Wilmerdinge Peterson

Born 1872

Died 1920

British Army 17350 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 17350 Lance Corporal Hampshire Regiment

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James Peterson

Born 1895

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3321976

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3321976 Private Canadian Infantry 6th (Reserve) Battalion

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George Philip Peterson

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167005

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Peter Chriss Peterson

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 71172

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Samuel Peter Peterson

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 26484 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion

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George Edwin Peterson

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228096

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William Peterson

Died 1916

British Army 3590 Private London Regiment

British Army 531282 Private London Regiment

British Army 531282 Private London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)

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Theodore Peterson

Born 1885

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1037114

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1037114 Private Canadian Forestry Corps

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John Peterson

Born 1898

Died 1918

Royal Navy L 984 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 984/L Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HM Tug Revenger

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Lewis Peterson

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 103420

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Henry Arnold Peterson

Born 1897

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3353817

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3353817 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force Private Canadian Infantry 15th Reserve Btn

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George Valentine Peterson

Born 1895

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 124454

Canadian Expeditionary Force 124454 Private Canadian Infantry

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Percy F Peterson

Died 1917

British Army 89566 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Ronald Henry Peterson

Born 1898

Died 1978

British Army 117706 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Guy Lansberry Peterson

Born 1883

Died 1955

British Army Major Army Service Corps

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Army Service Corps

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Roy Frederick Peterson

Born 1893

Australian Imperial Force 486 Able Seaman Driver Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train

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Alfred Lawrence Peterson

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208667

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Robert Raymond Peterson

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 270526

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