PITTER, Raymond
| Service Number: | 241 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 August 1914, Enoggera, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Richmond, Victoria, 7 April 1891 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Iron worker |
| Died: | Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, 8 October 1970, aged 79 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | East Brisbane War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 241, Enoggera, Queensland | |
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| 24 Sep 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 241, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Sep 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 241, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 241, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (head) | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 241, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 22 Jul 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (neck) | |
| 8 Oct 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 241, 9th Infantry Battalion, Cessation of hostilities |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paul Trevor
The three enlisted sons of William Rhodes Pitter (recordsearch.naa.gov.au) and Amelia Charlotte (née Gooch) Pitter of Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Queensland:-
397 Pte. Jack Pitter (/explore/people/87003) - returned to Australia;
50723 Sgt. Leslie Norman Pitter (/explore/people/193881) - returned to Australia;
241 Pte. Raymond Pitter - returned to Australia.
'In January of 1914 Ray had performed a euphonium solo ‘Eclipse’ with the Excelsior band in the Brisbane Botanical Gardens. He was the older of the two Pitter brothers who enlisted together. Another younger brother, Leslie enlisted in 1918 and the boys father William Rhodes Pitter, also a founding member of the band, enlisted in 1917 but was discharged due to asthma during training.
Ray was 22 when he signed up and was listed as an iron worker. He was twice wounded at Gallipoli, receiving a head wound on the first day of the landings and after rejoining his unit on the first of June he was wounded in the neck on the 7th of July. He rejoined the fighting on the 13th of August but was hospitalised with an illness on the 27th of September. He spent several months in hospital with influenza and enteric fever.
After his illness he spent some time through 1916 posted to Regimental Command in England where he was temporarily promoted to Acting Corporal. In 1917 he rejoined the Battalion in France and reverted to the rank of Private. He returned to Australia on the 8th of October 1918.' SOURCE (blogs.slq.qld.gov.au)
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