SCOTT, Harold Bendik
| Other Name: | PITTERSEN, Harold Bendik - True name |
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| Service Number: | 4123 |
| Enlisted: | 19 December 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newport, Victoria, Australia, 19 February 1895 |
| Home Town: | Glen Forrest, Mundaring, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Glen Forrest School, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, Belgium, 18 April 1918, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Aubigny British Cemetery Row B, Grave No.17 INSCRIPTION - A NOBLE LIFE, A NOBLE DEATH |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Midland Junction Municipality Roll of Honour (Large), Mundaring War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Dec 1914: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy | |
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| 16 May 1916: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), 4123, 32nd Infantry Battalion, He enlisted under the alias of Harry Scott. | |
| 28 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 4123, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 4123, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Fremantle | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Enlisted under the name Harry SCOTT, SN 4123
Parents: Benjamin and Hannah PITTERSEN
Australian War Memorial - details attached to P09291.422
A labourer from Midland Junction, Western Australia, he originally enlisted as a Stoker in the Royal Australian Navy on 19 December 1914 but left the navy on 12 May 1916 to join the AIF four days later as 4123 Pte Harry Scott. He embarked with 10th Reinforcements from Fremantle on 28 October 1916 aboard HMAT Port Melbourne for Devonport, England. Following training in England he proceeded to France and joined his battalion on the Western Front near Grevillers in early April 1917. Pte Pittersen (alias Scott) was wounded in action near Zonnebeke on 12 October 1917 but remained on duty. He was wounded in action on the second occasion on 20 November 1917 near Messines, Belgium, and was treated at No 8 Australian Field Ambulance before returning to duty 11 days later. He was wounded in action on a third occasion on 18 April 1918 near Corbie, France, and died of these wounds later that day at No 2/5 Home Counties Field Ambulance. The source of the note on the photograph “H Scott Killed 9/4/18” is unknown and is not supported by official documentation. He was aged 23 years. His older brother, 822 Regimental Sergeant Major Norman Pittersen (also known as Norman Stribley), 11th Battalion, also died of wounds received in action near Bapaume, France, on 7 April 1917.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 23 and the son of Benjamin and Hannah Eliza Pittersen of Railway Parade, Smith's Mill, Western Australia. His half-brother, Regimental Sergeant Major Norman Pittersen [born Stribley] aged 30, also fell.
INSCRIPTION
A NOBLE LIFE, A NOBLE DEATH
Biography
Harold Bendik Pittersen joined the navy at the age of 18 later joining his brothers in the The Australian Army under the name Harry Scott. He served in the Navy for almost two years and the AIF for two before dying from wounds after being wounded 3 times in 1918.
He enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy in Melbourne on the 19th Dec 1914.
He left the Royal Australian Navy and enlisted, under the Alias Harry Scott in the AIF on the 16th May 1916 and embarked from Fremantle for active service abroad on the 30th Oct 1916.
He died of wounds received in action 2/3 homes counties field ambulance, France 18 April 1918 age 23
His Buried Aubigny British Cemetery.
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