Pender, Peter (626)
Place of Birth: Robe, SA
Age: 48 years 8 months
Enlistment Details: Tuesday, 30 January 1917 – Melbourne, VIC
Service Number: 626 view online service record
Address:
2 Donaldson Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Next of Kin:
Louisa Pender (wife)
2 Donaldson Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Monday, 19 February 1917
Ship: HMAT Ballarat A70
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: Railway Unit – No 2 Section
Fate:
RTA: Sunday, 12 May 1918
Discharged: Thursday, 15 August 1918
Brothers: Joseph, John & Patrick Pender.
1917 ‘FOUR PORT BROTHERS FOLLOW THE FLAG.’, Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), 10 February, p. 3. , viewed 19 Aug 2019, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88367538
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Brian Membrey
Although not shown on the AWM Roll of Honour, Pender was a late victim of the war, having died in the Caulfield Repatriation Hospital 29 December, 1923. His record shows him treated at 11 AGH in July, 1918, noted 53 years old with chronic myalgia in the right thigh and ankle, weak and debilitaed.
A note to Base Depot from his wife advising of his death suggested his demise was due to War Service and made application for the Memorial Plaque and Scroll. Her application was subsequently granted by the Repatriation Commission, the mementos issued in late January, 1924 .
PENDER — On the 29th December, at Caulfield Military Hospital, Peter (Cpl. R.O.C), beloved husband of Louisa Pender, of No. 2 Donaldson street, Port Melbourne, loving father of Rose (Mrs. Butcher), Peter (deceased), Amy,
Ivy, Vera, James, Kathleen, Elsie, Grace, Mollie, and Lily, aged 57 years.
At rest.
(R.O.C; Railway Operating Company)