ANZAC Heroes | Great War 1914 – 1918

Bunbury – Wellington District Western Australia

WHEATLEY, Peter George

WHEATLEY, Peter George

Full Name: Peter George

WHEATLEY

Date of Birth: 08

–

1885

Place of birth: Bridgetown WA

Australia

Occupation: Farmer

Address: Bridgetown WA

Next of Kin: Father- Peter WHEATLEY, Mother- Ellen WHEATLEY, Wife- Alison Beatrice WHEATLEY

Next of Kin Address: " Oakleigh Farm " Bridgetown WA

Religion: Church of England

Service Number: 4023

Rank: Private

Unit/Division: 51st Battalion

Enlistment Date: 1916-10-09

Enlistment Location: Blackboy Hill

WA

Embarkation Port:

Embarkation Date: 1917-10-30

Embarkation Ship:

Disembarkation Port:

Disembarkation Date: 1917-12-27

Locations Served:

,

Returned: No

Discharge Date:

Cause of Death: Killed in Action

Date of Death:

Place of Death: Villers Brettoneux, France

Age at Death: 32

Burial Location: Inscription- Villers Brettoneux Memorial France

7/09/1916- Completed Medical Examination Bunbury WA
9/10/1916- To 87 Depot Blackboy Hill Camp WA as Private
16/10/1916- To 23rd Reinforcements 16th Battalion
18/11/1916- To No. 22 Depot Blackboy Hill WA
5/01/1917- To 19th Reinforcements 28th Battalion
1/02/1917- To Depot
20/02/1917- To Artillery Reinforcements
4/04/1917- To Training Camp Rockingham WA
13/07/1917- To Details Camp
6/09/1917- Joined 11th Reinforcements 51st Battalion Blackboy Hill WA
30/10/1917- Embarked Fremantle WA aboard ” Aeneas ” bound for England
27/12/1917- Disembarked Devonport England to 13th Training Battalion Codford
3/01/1918- Admitted Group Hospital Codford ( Scabies )
30/01/1918- Discharged from Hospital to Rejoin 13th Training Battalion Codford
1/04/1918- Proceeded Overseas 4th Australian Division Base Depot Calais France ex Dover England
6/04/1918- Joined 51st Battalion in the field France ex Base Depot
24/04/1918- Killed in Action , Villers Brettoneux,France.

SOLDIER’S DEATH DETAILS

Informant – 4016- MULQUEENY, Pte. J- ” B ” Company, 51st Battalion – ” He was in ” C ” Company and came from Mount Lawley, Western Australia, and was married. He was killed by Machine Gun fire, on the German Barbed Wire, at Villers Brettoneux. I think he was buried on the field “.

 

SERVICE MEDALS AWARDED

British War Medal – No. 58436

Victory Medal – No. 57436

Memorial Plaque/Scroll – No. 344577

 

MEMORIAL INSCRIPTIONS

Bridgetown War Memorial WA

Australian War Memorial Canberra ACT – Panel No. 154

Villers Brettoneux Memorial France.