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PITMAN, Talbert Lawrence
Personal Details
Service Number: | 10794 |
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Enlisted: | 20 December 1915, Goulburn, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 44th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Norwood, South Australia , 7 August 1891 |
Home Town: | Norwood (SA), South Australia |
Schooling: | Adelaide High School |
Occupation: | Engineer |
Died: | Killed In Action, Belgium, 5 October 1917, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
Passchendaele, New British Cemetery Plot XIII, Row C, Grave 11. |
Memorials: | Adelaide High School Honour Board, Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kent Town Wesleyan Methodist Church WW1 Honour Roll, Norwood War Memorial, Rose Park Public School WW1 Honour Board, Tusmore Burnside District Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
20 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 10794, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, Goulburn, New South Wales | |
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25 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, SN 10794, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 | |
25 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, SN 10794, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
28 Aug 1917: | Honoured Military Cross, Third Ypres, Second Lieutenant | |
21 Sep 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 44th Infantry Battalion | |
5 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, SN 10794, 44th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Talbert Lawrence PITMAN was born on 7th August, 1891 at Norwood, South Australia
His parents were Talbert Goss PITMAN and Eliza Emma LAWRENCE