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Personal data

• Name LE PETON
• Initials D
• First name DESMOND
• Place of birth Dublin
• Country Ireland
• Family Son of Alfred Edward and Rose Le Peton, of Earlfort House School, 3 and 4, Earlsfort Place, Dublin; his brother, Lt. Clive Alfred Le Peton (8 Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers), was killed at Ypres on 15 August 1917 (Menin Gate Memorial);

Military service

• Rank Second Lieutenant
• Regiment and unit 1st Bn. Somerset Light Infantry
• Division - Brigade 11th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 4th Division
• National force B.E.F.
• Other data related to military career to France on 20 July 1916

Death

• Wounded 8 August, Canal Bank, gas attack
• Type of wounds Died of gas poisoning
• Date of death 9 August 1916
• Died at the age of 19
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery IX - B - 2

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