Samuel Augustus PETHEBRIDGE

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PETHEBRIDGE, Samuel Augustus

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	21 November 1914
Last Rank:	Brigadier General
Last Unit:	Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
Born:	Spring Hill, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 3 August 1862
Home Town:	Kew, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	State Schools, Brisbane & Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Public Servant & Military Administrator
Died:	Malaria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 25 January 1918, aged 55 years
Cemetery:	Box Hill General Cemetery, Victoria Congregational O S Grave 211.
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World War 1 Service

21 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Colonel, Officer, 3rd Infantry Battalion
28 Nov 1914:	Involvement Colonel, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Eastern embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
28 Nov 1914:	Embarked Colonel, 3rd Infantry Battalion, SS Eastern, Sydney
1 May 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Brigadier General, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
25 Jan 1918:	Involvement Brigadier General, Officer

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Samuel Augustus PETHEBRIDGE was born on 3rd August, 1862 in Spring Hill, Brisbane

His parents were Henry Lander PETHEBRIDGE & Elizabeth Mary SYMONS

He married Mary Ada SIMMONDS on 25th August, 1887 in Brisbane

Samuel died from the effects of Malaria in Melbourne on 25th January, 1918 and is buried in the Box Hill Cemetery

He was awarded the Knight Commander of St Michael & St George on 25th July, 1917

See attached Bio link for further details of his service

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