Peake, Henry James OBE

Date of Birth	1925 Oct 24
Date of Death	2018 Dec 22
Age	93
Gender	Male
Birth Place	AUS, SA, Mount Barker

Service Details

Service	RAN – Royal Australian Navy
Date of Entry	1943 Aug 16
Rank	Coder
Rate	Coder
Official Number	26751
Discharged Date	1946 Aug 13
Discharge Type	Demobed - Discharged at end of War Service
Service Period	1943-1946
Active Service (War service)	WW2
Service Record	Yes

Other Details

Hostilities Only

Yes

Cemetery Details

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Cemetery Name	Centennial Park
Cemetery Address	760 Goodwood Road, Pasadena, South Australia, 5042
Section	Services Family
Row	Rose Bed 12
Grave Number	Position 053
Grave Type	Ashes - Garden

Notes

Adelaide Now: Obituaries for February 16, 2019 Henry James Peake, OBE (1925–2018), better known as "Harry" Peake, was a prominent Australian country newspaper editor and industry leader based in South Australia. Rising from poverty in Mount Barker, he served in the Royal Australian Navy during WWII before building a career in journalism. Peake was instrumental in regional media, holding leadership roles in the Country Press Association of South Australia and the Australian Provincial Press Association. For his extensive contributions to the community and country journalism, he was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1968. He spent his later years in Naracoorte, South Australia, where he passed away in December 2018 at the age of 93.

Sources

• Service Record
• Nominal Roll - Department of Veterans Affairs

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