Eric Peterson
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Eric Edward Peterson (1911 - 1942)

Eric Edward Peterson
Born in Auckland, New Zealandmap
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[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died at about age 31 in Western Desert, North Africamap
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Eric Peterson is an Anzac who served in World War Two.

Biography

Eric was the eldest child of Henry Edward Peterson and Emma May Cook. An obituary mentions him managing a farm in the Waikato owned by his mother.

Eric was a Gunner with the New Zealand Artillery, 6 Field Regiment during WW2. He died in 1942 from wounds sustained at the battle of El Alamein.

Burial : El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt - XXVIII. D. 24 [1]

Sources

  1. Commonwealth War Graves Commission : Gunner Peterson, Eric Edward Service No: 25758




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