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PITSON, Ernest William Joseph

Service Number:	VX93345
Enlisted:	1 September 1943
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Wedderburn, Victoria, Australia, 7 August 1925
Home Town:	Kerang, Gannawarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Victorian State School System (8th grade)
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Pacific Islands, 28 April 1945, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section B. Plot 5. Row B. Grave 27. Inscription: "DUTY NOBLY DONE R.I.P."
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX93345
1 Sep 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX93345, 24/39 Infantry Battalion AMF
28 Apr 1945:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX93345, 24 Infantry Battalion AMF, Killed in action Bougainville.

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Biography contributed by Dianne Black

Parents: - Ernest Henry Pitson and Catherine Mary Nioa married 1923 in Victoria.