Son of Joseph and Elizabeth (nee Haddock) Peach. Sailed from Liverpool to Halifax aboard the Corsican on 3 July, 1912 where he began working as an accountant. Joined the Legion of Frontiersman in 1912, where he served for three years. He then joined the 45th Battalion as a Lieutenant. On 5 November 1915, he was appointed Acting Signalling Officer. He was living in Winnipeg and serving with the 106th Regiment Winnipeg Light Infantry when he was declared fit for service in WWI, and shortly thereafter he disembarked with his unit aboard the SS Lapland. He and his unit arrived in England on 25 March 1916, where he soon became Assistant Adjutant and was attached to the 11th Battalion. On 29 Aug 1916 he was finally sent to France, where he joined the 52nd Battalion.
Lt. Peach joined C Company in the field at Val de Maison on 11 September, 1916 where he was gravely wounded just four days later near the Zollern Redoubt [SIC]. He was admitted to No 2 Red Cross Hospital at Rouen with gunshot wounds to the back and abdomen. He was later evacuated to the London General Hospital in England aboard the Panama. Despite undergoing surgery, he later died from his wounds at the age of 32 years old.
Courtesy of the University of Winnipeg Archives
Note: His attestation papers incorrectly state his YOB as 1885. He was in fact born in 1884.
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