PETTIGREW, Archibald Douglas
| Service Number: | 2172 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Southwark, South London, England, 25 March 1891 |
| Home Town: | Scone, Upper Hunter Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | High Pavement School, Nottingham. England |
| Occupation: | Farm labourer |
| Died: | Died of Wounds, France, 22 July 1916, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais - Hauts-de-France Plot I, Row O, Grave No. 17a. Because of the sandy nature of the soil, the headstones lie flat upon the graves. Personal Inscription IN FOND REMEMBRANCE OF A DEAR SON , Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Wimereux, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 3 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 2172, 1st Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
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| 3 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 2172, 1st Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Sydney | |
| 22 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 2172, 5th Pioneer Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2172 awm_unit: 5 Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-22 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was baptized at St Mark's Church, Peckham on 24th May 1891. His parents are listed as Archibald Douglas and Bessie Pettigrew née Hooper; they were living at 6 Ellory Street, Albert Road, Peckham. His father's occupation was given as a clerk. His father, Archibald Douglas senior, was born in 1868 at Coatbridge, Lanarkshire; his mother Bessie in 1863 at Starcross, Devon. Their marriage was registered in the June quarter of 1890 at Newton Abbott [Devon registration district.] They went on to have a further three children, Lilley Agnes b1894 Loughborough, Frederick Charles b1895 Loughborough and Bessie Doris b1908 Nottingham.
In the 1911 census the family are living at 55 Exeter Road, Nottingham, and are shown as Archibald Douglas, head 43 years, a secretary to a lace manufacturer, who is living with his wife Bessie, 46 years and their three children Lilly 17 years, Frederick Charles, 16 years, a clerk and Bessie Doris 3 years.
Archibald Douglas junior cannot be found in the 1911 census which suggests that he had probably already emigrated to Australia.
Address given on enlistment
c/o A Crawford esquire, Dungog, New South Wales.
Archibald enlisted on 17th March 1916 in Scone , New South Wales, Australia and served with the 5th battalion Australian Pioneers. He gave his religion as Church of England and his occupation as farm labourer. His next of kin was his mother, Mrs A.D. Pettigrew, of 55 Exeter Road, Sherwood Rise, Nottingham, England. He embarked at Sydney Australia on 3rd May 1916 on HMAT Clan Mcgillvray to join the British Expeditionary Force in Egypt arriving at Alexandria on 13th June. Joining the 5th Pioneer Battalion on 17th June, he left for Marseilles on 19th June, landing in France on 25th June. He was admitted to 14th Australian Field Ambulance on 22nd July 1916, transferring to 32nd Stationary Hospital the following day, suffering from wounds received during the Battle of Fromelles 19-20th July. He succumbed to his wounds, complicated by perotinitis.
' Nottingham Evening Post, ‘Roll of Honour’, July 1916: ‘Pettigrew. Killed in action, on July 22nd, Private Archibald Douglas Pettigrew, aged 25, of Australian Imperial Forces, eldest son of Mr and Mrs Pettigrew, 55, Exeter-road.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)
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