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

 

Kew Rotary