Norman PITTERSEN MID

PITTERSEN, Norman

    Service Number: 822
    Enlisted: 10 September 1914, Blackboy Hill, WA
    Last Rank: Warrant Officer Class 2
    Last Unit: 11th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Bendigo, Victoria, Western Australia, 16 November 1887
    Home Town: Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
    Schooling: Glen Forrest School
    Occupation: Grocer
    Died: Died of wounds, France, , 7 April 1917, aged 29 years
    Cemetery: Bancourt British Cemetery
    (Plot I, Row c, Grave No. 8), France INSCRIPTION - ONE OF THE BEST & LOVED BY ALL
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mundaring War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    10 Sep 1914: Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 822, 11th Infantry Battalion, Blackboy Hill, WA
    2 Nov 1914: Involvement Private, 822, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
    2 Nov 1914: Embarked Private, 822, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle
    4 May 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW Right Thigh
    15 Aug 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant
    29 Feb 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant
    5 Aug 1916: Promoted Warrant Officer Class 2, In France

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    Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

    He was 30 and the son of Benjamin and Hannah Eliza Pittersen of Railway Parade, Smith's Mill, Western Australia.He was born under the surname of Stribley, one of two children from his mother’s first marriage.  His younger half-brother Harold Bendik Pittersen (served as SCOTT) also fell.

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