Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
Peters W J Pte 6363 William John 24 Inf Bn 26 Tinsmith Single C of E
Address: Moonee Ponds, Waverley St, 2
Next of Kin: Peters, Frederic, father, 2 Waverley St, Moonee Ponds
Enlisted: 17 Oct 1916
Embarked: A20 Hororata 23 Nov 1916
Relatives on Active Service:
Peters-F-Pte-738 brother
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Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Equiries Bureau Correspondence.
LANE, L/Cpl J H, 4453
K Oct 9th 17
I knew him well, he was in my platoon. I don't know his initials or number or anything about him before he joined. He was short, slight, had reddish hair, and about 22. We were in supports at the front of Broodseinde Ridge on the right of Zonnebeke Lake, about the 9th Oct and were moving up to the ridge to the attack at the time Cpl Lane was killed by a shell. I was not near him and was wounded in the same attack. When I rejoined the Battn about the end of Nov. it was in the same position as when we started the attack I formed one of the salvage party and about 500 yards north of Zonnebeke Lake came across several graves, and among them was that of L/Cpl Lane and I saw his name on the cross.
Inf: Pte W J Peters, 6363. 24
No 3 Can Gen Hosp, BOULOGNE 26.6.1918
https://www.awm.gov.au/images/collection/pdf/RCDIG1043205--1-.pdf
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War Service Commemorated
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