Peter
was born in Wigton, Cumberland on 8th November 1947. He joined the
British Army at age sixteen at the Army Apprentice School,
Arborfield. His Army career was in armoured forces and his first
unit was 15/19 King's Royal Hussars, with whom he served in
Munster, Germany from 1965 to 1968.
He then
returned to England and joined the Parachute Squadron RAC, part of
the 16th Independent Parachute Brigade.
Later he
returned to conventional armour, rejoining the King's Royal
Hussars and serving again in Germany at Fallingbostal.
He served
with NATO Forces while in Germany and also had a period in
Northern Ireland whilst with the Parachute Brigade.
Peter then
came to Australia and joined the Australian Army. He served with 2
Cavalry Regiment, Royal Australian Armoured Corps, in a variety of
training/instructor posts till his retirement in 1997 with the
rank of RSM.
Whilst
serving in the Australian Army he continued parachuting at
Williamstown and Nowra Parachute Training Schools and with the
Second Battalion Royal Australian Regiment.
In the
early 1990's he initiated the procedure which led to British
Airborne Forces presenting Wings to graduating parachutists at
Nowra Training School.
