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]
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Categories: El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Egypt | 6th Field Regiment, New Zealand Army, World War II | Killed in Action, New Zealand, World War II | Anzacs, World War II