- Born
 - 24 August 1835
Paris, France 
- Died
 - 2 December 1885
at sea 
- Occupation
 - colonial administrator and military engineer
 
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- References
 
- Joyce, R. B., 'Scratchley, Peter Henry (1835-1885)', in Australian Dictionary of Biography, online edition, Australian National University, 2006, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A060113b.htm. Details