Tasman Henry PITMAN

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Service Number:	3594
Enlisted:	1 September 1917, Hobart, Tas.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 4 February 1881
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	State School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Machine printer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 29 September 1918, aged 37 years
Cemetery:	Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile Plot IV, Row D, Grave 20 Headstone Inscription "UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour

1 Sep 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3594, 40th Infantry Battalion, Hobart, Tas.
30 Oct 1917:	Involvement Private, 3594, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
30 Oct 1917:	Embarked Private, 3594, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne
8 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3594, 40th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens
29 Sep 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3594, 40th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, Killed in action during the 3rd Division's attack on the Hindenburg Line near Bellicourt.

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Son of Henry and Isabella PITMAN; husband of Henrietta PITMAN, of 61 Newdegate Street, Hobart, Tasmania.