POLLITT, Leo Charles
Service Number: | SX3529 |
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Enlisted: | 27 May 1940, Adelaide, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 9th Division Headquarters |
Born: | Port Pirie, South Australia, 19 June 1909 |
Home Town: | Seaton, Charles Sturt, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Dairy hand (family farm) |
Died: | Motor Neuron Disease, Warradale South Australia, 20 September 1974, aged 65 years |
Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
27 May 1940: | Involvement Private, SX3529 | |
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27 May 1940: | Enlisted Adelaide, South Australia | |
27 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX3529 | |
18 Mar 1944: | Discharged Private, SX3529, 9th Division Headquarters | |
18 Mar 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX3529 |
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Leo Charles Pollitt was the second son and one of six children of Franklin John Charles Arthur Pollitt, and Helena Thompson. Helena was known in the family as Elaine.
Leo Charles Pollitt was known as Joe in the family and did not marry. Following the death of his mother and father he went to live with his brother William Flinders Pollitt (known as Bill) at Warradale, where he continued to live until his death.
Joe Pollitt's relationship to me is 1st. cousin 1x removed, his mother and my grandmother Ethel Thompson were sisters.
Jolyon Gemmell nee Caddy.