Charles Henry PITT

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PITT, Charles Henry

Service Number:	242
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	1878, place not yet discovered
Home Town:	Cleveland, Redland, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cab Driver
Died:	South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 24 July 1950, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	South Brisbane Cemetery, Queensland Plot: 4A
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 242, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 242, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901.
5 May 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 242, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

When Charles Henry Pitt enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his father M. Pitt, South Brisbane.

Charles Henry Pitt was born around 1878, a son to Matthew Pitt and Harriett Pitt (nee Bennett). It appears he never married, and after returning from the war lived in the Redland Bay area at Cleveland where he worked as a cab driver until he retired.

(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 498; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 89; Probate Notice- The Courier Mail, 19 Aug 1950).

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