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PITTY, Desmond Stanley

Service Number:	2835
Enlisted:	24 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Candelo, Bega Valley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Tailor
Died:	Killed In Action, France, 20 April 1916, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rue-du-Bacquerot (13th London) Graveyard, Laventie
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World War 1 Service

24 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2835, 25th Infantry Battalion
21 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 2835, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 2835, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Brisbane
4 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Peter Rankin

He served under the alias of David John Richards.