Norman Thomas PITTENDRIGH

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PITTENDRIGH, Norman Thomas

Service Number:	149
Enlisted:	27 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Blayney, New South Wales, Australia, October 1893
Home Town:	Blayney, Blayney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Draper
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 6 August 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Blayney Methodist Church Roll of Honor, Blayney Pictorial Honour Roll No 1, Blayney War Memorial Gates, Blayney and Milthorpe District Roll of Honor, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

27 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 149, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 149, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 149, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney
26 Apr 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1st Infantry Battalion, At Gallipoli
6 Aug 1915:	Involvement Corporal, 149, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 149 awm_unit: 1 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-08-06

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John and Eva Rose Pittendrigh of Fairfax Road, Boolaroo, NSW.

Brother of Alexander A. Pittendrigh, Gertrude Florence Pittendrigh, Charles Pittendrigh, John Pittendrigh and Edmund Pittendrigh who was killed in action on 22 August 1915 while serving with the 18th Battalion and has no known grave. His name appears on the Lone Pine Memorial Panel 62

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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