Mr Henry John Frederick PETERS (1881 - 1918)**

Date of Birth: 01/01/1881 Place of Birth: Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia Date of Death: 16/12/1918 Place of Death: Military Hospital, South Tedworth, England

Parliamentary Service

Position Start End Period Notes Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 10 Sep 1907 22 Sep 1914 7yr(s) 13day(s) Member for Deniliquin 10 Sep 1907 14 Sep 1910 3yr(s) 5day(s) 21st (1907 - 1910) Member for Deniliquin 14 Oct 1910 6 Nov 1913 3yr(s) 24day(s) 22nd (1910 - 1913) Member for Canterbury 6 Dec 1913 22 Sep 1914 9mth(s) 17day(s) 23rd (1913 - 1917) Operations of the Australian Jockey Club Committee No.8 13 Jun 1911 1 Aug 1911 1mth 20days 22nd (1910 - 1913) Totalisator Bill Committee No.19 31 Oct 1911 28 Mar 1912 4mths 27days 22nd (1910 - 1913) The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1 23 Jul 1912 23 Jul 1912 1day 22nd (1910 - 1913) The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1 23 Jul 1913 23 Jul 1913 1day 22nd (1910 - 1913) The Governor's Opening Speech Committee No. 1 3 Mar 1914 3 Mar 1914 1day 23rd (1913 - 1917)

Political Party Activity

Australian Labor Party (ALP), member of central executive 1909 - 1910.

Community Activity

Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace in 1908

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Journalist. Educated at Temora; left school at a young age; worked as a compositor on the Temora Star and Temora Independent; owned and edited Grenfell Vedette from 1904 - 1906 which failed. Became a bankrupt in 1914, acted as secretary to J.C Watson, G.A Burgess and W.A Holman; with his brother owned a mine in the Gundagai district.

Military Service

Joined Australian Imperial Force in April 1917 as Henry Edward Murray; his application to enlist in the AIF under his own name on 16 August 1916 was unsuccessful on the grounds of unfitness due to deficient eyesight.

Personal

Son of Heening Peters, miner, and Margaritha. Married Winifred (date unknown). Methodist.

Additional Information

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