George PAVITT

PAVITT, George

Service Number: 373
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 37th Infantry Battalion
Born: Childers, Victoria, Australia, 1885
Home Town: Thorpdale, Baw Baw, Victoria
Schooling: State School, Thorpdale, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Tubercle of Lung & Exhaustion, Sidney Hall Military Hospital, Weymouth, Dorset, England , 28 February 1917
Cemetery: Melcombe Regis Cemetery, Dorset, England
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Thorpdale War Memorial
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3 Jun 1916: Involvement Private, 373, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
3 Jun 1916: Embarked Private, 373, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick

The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick (OAM) – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”

Died on this date – 28th February …… George Pavitt  was born at Childers, Victoria in 1885 to parents Charles & Helen S. (Ellen) Pavitt (nee Waddell). (George Pavitt stated on his Attestation Papers that he was born near Moe, Victoria).

His father – Charles Pavitt died on 18th July, 1906 at Thorpdale, Victoria.

On 1st February, 1916 George Pavitt enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) as a 31 year old, single, Farmer from Thorpdale, Victoria.

Private George Pavitt, Service number 373, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Persic (A34) on 3rd June, 1916 with the 10th Infantry Brigade, 37th Battalion, “A” Company & disembarked at Plymouth, England on 25th July, 1916.

Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.

He reported sick on 2nd September, 1916 to Hospital from No. 5 Camp, Larkhill, Wiltshire with Influenza. Private Pavitt was admitted to Fargo Military Hospital on 5th September, 1916 with Measles then transferred on 9th September, 1916 to Brimstone Bottom Hospital with Rubella. Private Pavitt was transferred to Military Hospital, Tidworth, Wiltshire on 25th September, 1916 with Pneumonia, however the comments on the Hospital Admissions form recorded “to Tidworth Military Hospital on account of Bronchitis.”  On 15th October, 1916 an entry was made on his Statement of Service form & Casualty Form – Active Service: “In Brimstone Bottom Hospital over 30 days. T. off. S.” (taken off strength). He was transferred to Convalescent Home on 5th November, 1916 & returned to Tidworth Military Hospital on 27th December, 1916 with Tubercle of Lung.

Private George Pavitt was admitted to Fargo Military Hospital, Salisbury, Wiltshire on 15th January, 1917 – seriously ill.

A Medical Report was completed on Private George Pavitt on 23rd January, 1917 at Military Hospital, Tidworth, Wiltshire. His disability was listed as Tubercle of Lung which had originated in August, 1916 at Fargo, Salisbury Plain. He “never had any chest trouble previous to August, 1916. No family history of Phthisis. In August, 1916 had an attack of measles associated with Broncho pneumonia & after his period of isolation was over was transferred from I. D. Hospital to Mil. Hosp Tidworth. Improved greatly & was transferred to a Convalescent Hospital in November 1916 from which he was readmitted into Tidworth in December 1916. Here T.B. was found in sputum.”

Private Pavitt’s current condition was listed as “Patient is confined to bed seriously ill. Cough is very troublesome with copious frothy muco-purulent expectoration, no blood, no haemoptysis, night sweats present and excessive. Is very weak Pulse 102. Can only manage very light food, no diarrhoea. Highest Weight – 12 st 4 lbs. Present Weight – 8 st 13 ¼ lbs.” The Officer in charge of the case recommended that Private Pavitt be discharged as permanently unfit. The Officer in Charge of Hospital also agreed with the decision. The Medical Board were of the opinion that the disability was a result of exposure on active service.

On 3rd February, 1917 Private Pavitt was transferred from Tidworth to Military Hospital, Weymouth, Dorset (as per Hospital Admissions form, however the Purport Card recorded he was transferred on 7th February, 1917.)

 

Private George Pavitt died at 12.45 pm on 28th February, 1917 at Sidney Hall Military Hospital, Weymouth, Dorset, England from Tubercle of Lung & Exhaustion.

He was buried in Melcombe Regis Cemetery, Weymouth, Dorset, England where 82 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.

 

(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)

https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/n---s.html

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