PETTIT, Leslie Melville
| Service Number: | 1341 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Albany, Western Australia, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Busselton, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Shop Assistant |
| Died: | Illness, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 30 June 1967 |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: | Busselton Brass Band, Busselton Cenotaph Victoria Square, Busselton Rotary Park of Remembrance Memorial Walk, Busselton Volunteer Fire Brigade |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1341, 32nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 1341, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 1341, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 20 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1341, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 9 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1341, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Invalided to Colchester Military Hospital, England from France. GSW to face. To be invalided to Australia | |
| 8 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1341, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged Perth, medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Joy Dalgleish
The South Western News (Busselton: 1903-1954) Fri 24 Jan 1919 Page 3
WELCOME HOME. TO PRIVATE LESLIE PETTIT.
Pte Leslie Pettit who has been on active service for the past three and a half years, returned to Busselton yesterday and was given a warm welcome. The Busselton Brass band, of which the returned soldier was a member, met Pte. Pettit at the rail way station, and as the train drew in played "Home, Sweet Home".
A guard of honor was provided by returned soldiers, girl guides and boy scouts, and these, with a large number of friends marched to the Band room where a reception was held. Bandsman Scanlan expressed the delight of the members at seeing their comrade once more amongst them, and Pte. Pettit’s health was drunk to musical accompaniment.
The Returned sailors, soldiers, and nurses," "absent bandsmen," and " the ladies " were also honored.
In the evening a welcome social and dance was, held in the Weld Hall, when the building was too small to accommodate those desirous of being present. Musical items were rendered by Mr. and Mrs. Claude Thompson, Miss Bowen, Mrs. Winter bottom, and Mr. Bray, and recital by Mr. Morgan. The arrangements for both functions were excellent and reflect no small measure of praise upon Bandmaster Thompson and his enthusiastic bandsmen.
Biography contributed by Joy Dalgleish
Leslie married Edith (Hill) 24 November 1922 at All Saint's Church in Collie, Western Australia