PETTIT E.A.
Given Names: Ernest Alfred
Service Number: 4502
Unit: 21st Battalion, 21st reinforcements
Rank: Private
Paybook Number:
Age: 23 Yrs 8 Mths
Occupation: Hairdresser
Marital Status: Single
Religion: Church of England
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Height: 6 Ft 1½ In
Weight: 174 Lbs
Chest: 36½-38 In
Hair: Dark
Eyes: Brown
Complexion: Dark
ENLISTMENT
Date Enlisted: 7/7/1915
Place: Melbourne
Next of Kin: MOTHER Mrs Sarah Pettit
34 Mont Albert Road, East Kew, Victoria
Embarkation Date: 29/3/1916
Port: Melbourne
Ship: RMS Orontes
END OF WAR
Status: Returned to Australia
Ship: Kildonian Castle
Embarked: 21/3/1919
Disembarked: 7/5/1919
Unit: 21st Battalion
Rank: Private
Discharge Date: 21/6/1919
Place:
MEDALS AND AWARDS
14/15 Star: Not earned
British War Medal: 38757
Victory Medal: 38229
Other:
BIRTH
Date or Year: 6/10/1892
Place: Kew East, Victoria
Father: James PETTIT
Mother: Sarah Jane Alexandra CHARLTON
MARRIAGE
Year: 1920
Place:
Spouse: Amelia Calvert BROWN
DEATH
Date or Year: 21/11/1978
Place: Macleod, Victoria
Burial: Springvale, Victoria
SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS
MEMORIALS
Kew War Memorial
Hawthorn Town Hall
WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE
Service Number: V1026
Date Enlisted: 26/6/1940
Date Discharged: 8/7/1945
COMMENTS