JOSEPH, Morris Pitt Gladstone
| Service Number: | 5733 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 April 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Carlton, Tasmania, Australia, 11 September 1886 |
| Home Town: | Carlton, Sorell, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in action, Belgium, 6 October 1917, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Forcett War Great European War Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Sorell War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5733, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 8 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 5733, 12th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
| 8 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 5733, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Hobart |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Known as Pitt Joseph he was one of three brothers who enlisted in the AIF during WW1. They were the sons of William Morris Joseph and Emma Amelia Joseph, of Carlton, in the Sorell area of Tasmania.
Pitt had enlisted in the Australian Naval Force in 1904 and served aboard the English warship HMS Challenger. In an advertisement placed in a Hobart newspaper during 1908 he was being challenged to a boxing match by an I.T.A. Stacey from Nubeena. The match was to take place in Hobart and the best of 15 rounds. Winner to take ten pounds.
Pitt arrived at the Western Front during October 1916 and was killed in action during the Battle of Broodseinde in Belgium exactly telve months later.
His younger brother, 3451 Cpl. Paul Hamilton Morris Joseph 48th Battalion AIF, was killed in action on 3 May 1918, aged 29.
The youngest brother, 1841 Pte. Erle Joseph 12th Battalion AIF, was the first to enlist from his family in 1915 and survived three serious woundings to return to Australia during late 1918.