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PITSON, Ernest William Joseph
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX93345 |
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Enlisted: | 1 September 1943 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 24/39 Infantry Battalion AMF |
Born: | Wedderburn, Victoria, Australia, 7 August 1925 |
Home Town: | Kerang, Gannawarra, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
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 Plot B5. Row B. Grave 27. Personal inscription: - "DUTY NOBLY DONE R.I.P." |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX93345 | |
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1 Sep 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX93345, 24/39 Infantry Battalion AMF |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Dianne Black
Parents: - Ernest Henry Pitson and Catherine Mary Nioa married 1923 in Victoria.