PETTIS, Alfred James
Service Number: | 1168 |
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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 | |
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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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Add my storyBiography 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.