Alfred James PETTIS

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PETTIS, Alfred James

Service Number:	1168
Enlisted:	2 October 1914
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Nott Street State School, Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Locksmith
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial Panel 29, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of Brunswick Honour Roll, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

2 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1168, 7th Infantry Battalion
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1168, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
12 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1168, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Killed at North Beach ANZAC

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Thomas Alfred Pettis and Margaret Pettis nee Leitch of Brunswick, Victoria. Brother of John Pettis, Kate Pettis, Lillian Maude Pettis, William Pettis and Thomas Pettis who was killed in action on 26 July 1916 while serving with the 1st Pioneer Battalion

Next of kin was given as his brother William Pettis

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

Biography contributed by Marlene Richards

Alfred James Pettis was the youngest sibling of my grandfather William John Pettis. Other siblings were Annie, Lillian and Thomas.

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