Alfred PETHERICK

What evidence that Alfred Petherick #6566 of Kadina had any connection to Kangaroo Island?

An A Petherick was a volunteer from Muston in November 1917.

PERSONAL. (1917, November 24). The Kangaroo Island Courier (Kingscote, SA : 1907 - 1951), , p. 2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article189505668

But Arthur Petherick #6566 enlisted on 2 Aug 1916.

Three times Petherick A is listed, from Salt Lake and Munston, as part of Kangaroo Island's quota

The Expeditionary Forces. (1918, March 23). The Kangaroo Island Courier (Kingscote, SA : 1907 - 1951), , p. 6. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article189512715

The Expeditionary Forces. (1918, April 27).The Kangaroo Island Courier (Kingscote, SA : 1907 - 1951), , p. 6. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article189508597

The Expeditionary Forces. (1918, July 6).The Kangaroo Island Courier (Kingscote, SA : 1907 - 1951), , p. 6. R http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article189508863

Anthea Taylor comments:

I am more inclined to think that the Memorial had (yet another) typo and it should in fact refer to Private Ormonde (i.e. ‘O’ not ‘A’) Leslie Petherick. He was born in Collingwood, Vic but his Uncle was Vernon Gordon Petherick, MP who had a bookstore in Adelaide and was a fairly big name in Adelaide at the time. Ormonde’s older brother came to Adelaide from Melbourne to set up with his Uncle and it appears that Ormonde followed him a few years later. The only tenuous link to KI I can find for him is that he was a sales rep for Bagshaw & Sons, a large agricultural supply company that had links with KI. I have no evidence that Ormonde was stationed on KI, simply that he may have done regular trips over there and the locals got to know him. Bagshaw & Sons certainly thought highly of him as they put an article in the paper after his death. He was KIA in France, having spent some time in Egypt before that. If anyone has any further information that could resolve this issue, please contact the Webmaster.

https://vwma.org.au/explore/people/331333

PETHERICK, Ormond Leslie

Service Number: 2759

Enlisted: 2 August 1915, Keswick, South Australia

Last Rank: Private

Last Unit: 10th Infantry Battalion

Born: Collingwood, Victoria, 17 August 1882

Home Town: Maryborough, Central Goldfields, Victoria

Schooling: Not yet discovered

Occupation: Storeman at Bagshaw & Sons Cultural Implement Works

Died: Killed in Action, France, 23 July 1916, aged 33 years

Cemetery: Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux

Has a grave dedicated to him in Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France. (possibly plot 2, row F)

Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide Scots Church WW 1 Honour Board_2, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

2 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Keswick, South Australia

27 Oct 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 2759, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

27 Oct 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, SN 2759, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide

27 Feb 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 2759, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

AIF Project

https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=239649

Alfred PETHERICK