PETTS G.J.

Given Names:  George James

Service Number:  3250

Unit:  8th Light Horse Regiment, 26th reinforcements                                                        

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

Age:  37 Yrs  10 Mths

Occupation:  Plasterer                                                                                                    

Marital Status:  Widowed

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  3½ In                  

Weight:  126 Lbs

Chest:  31-34 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Medium

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  27/12/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  SON  Ronald G R Petts

c/- Mrs Maud E Amery, King Street, Camberwell, Victoria                                                  

Embarkation Date:  20/2/1917

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  RMS Morea

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Malta     

Embarked:  3/7/1919                                 

Disembarked:  7/8/1919

Unit:  8th Light Horse Regiment                                                                                                     

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  14/9/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  64627

Victory Medal:  62386

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  18/2/1887

Place:  Albury, New South Wales             

Father:  George William PETTS               

Mother:  Bridget STEWART

MARRIAGE

Year:  1909     

Place:  Albury, NSW                                

Spouse: Janet Hawkins RANKIN

DEATH

Date or Year: 18/5/1949                          

Place: South Melbourne, Victoria             

Burial:  Box Hill Cemetery, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  V81238                                       

Date Enlisted:  9/10/1939                                        

Date Discharged:  11/12/1940

COMMENTS

2nd Marriage, 1920, Esther Agnes BRADINGTON

Lived at 172 Broughton Street, Kew