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RAITT, Allan
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5186 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 January 1916, Passed Medical in Bunbury, Enlisted Blackboy Hill, Perth |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Barry's Reef, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Busselton, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bread Carter |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, 23 December 1955, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia Presbyterian MON-Ee-0784 |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Busselton Cenotaph Victoria Square, Busselton Rotary Park of Remembrance Memorial Walk, Busselton Volunteer Fire Brigade |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 26 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5186, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Passed Medical in Bunbury, Enlisted Blackboy Hill, Perth | |
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| 31 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 5186, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 5186, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Shropshire, Fremantle | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Imprisoned Bullecourt (First), Captured at Reincourt, France.Interred Linberg POW Camp Germany, Transferred to Gustrow POW Camp Germany 4 September 1918. Repatriated to England 14 Jan 1919 | |
| 31 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5186, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Invalided from England (ex POW) to Perth per HT Marathon and Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Joy Dalgleish
The South- Western News (Busselton, WA: 1903-1954) Fri 6 Jun 1919 Page 2.
Private Alan Raitt – A very warm welcome was accorded Pte. Alan Raitt on his return to Busselton on Tuesday, after a long absence at the war. Pte. Raitt was amongst those Westralians who were unfortunately captured by the enemy, and for some time he suffered considerable hard ships at the hands of the Huns. For some time, he was posted as missing, and the worst was feared. He is the son of Mrs. E. Raitt, of Duchess street, whose second son, Ernest, paid the supreme sacrifice.
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