George Wesley PITTENDRIGH

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PITTENDRIGH, George Wesley

Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Not yet discovered
Last Unit:	Australian Army Chaplains' Department
Born:	Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 24 March 1881
Home Town:	Forbes, Forbes, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Chaplain
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 20 July 1957, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland PLOT Area 4, Bed 1 MEMORIAL ID 206470227
Memorials:	Molong & District Roll of Honour, Molong War Memorial, Torquay Pialba Uniting Church Cirucuit Honour Board 1

World War 1 Service

21 Oct 1916:	Involvement Australian Army Chaplains' Department, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1916:	Embarked Australian Army Chaplains' Department, HMAT Boonah, Brisbane

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Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

Mr. Pittendrigh was born in Bathurst, New South Wales. He lived in New Zealand for a time, and there became a Methodist home missionary. He was transferred to Queensland in 1912 and worked at Gayndah and Pialba. After serving as a chaplain in France he returned in 1919 to Laidley circuit. He spent three years at Charters Towers, and since then has been minister of three Brisbane suburban circuits. He is now at Nundah.

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