SITTERS, Harry Tolchard
| Service Number: | 3758 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Summertown, South Australia, 26 April 1896 |
| Home Town: | Malvern, Unley, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Adelaide High School |
| Occupation: | Pupil Teacher |
| Died: | Illness, Uraidla, South Australia, 23 March 1970, aged 73 years |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Painter Court, Wall W202 BO 11 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide High School Great War Honour Board, South Australian Education Department Roll of Honour, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board, Uraidla & Districts Roll of Honour 1 |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private | |
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| 2 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3758, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Malwa embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 2 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3758, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), RMS Malwa, Adelaide | |
| 12 May 1919: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 48th Infantry Battalion | |
| 6 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 48th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Harry Tolchard SITTERS was born in Summertown, South Australia on 26th April, 1896
His parents were George Hanniford SITTERS & Emma JARRETT who married in South Australia on 23rd November, 1870
He enlisted on 3rd August, 1915 & embarked from Adelaide on 2nd December, 1915 with the 16th Infantry Battalion, 12th Reinforcements on the RMS Malwa - he was transferred to the 48th Infantry Battalion and returned to Australia on 6th June, 1919 on the ship Port Napier & was discharged on 6th August, 1919
He married Myrtle Agatha TREBILOCK at the Methodist Church, Montacute, SA on 7th April, 1920 & had four known children, Ruth Joan, Bruce Lesley, Hartley Raymond & Betty Laurine
Harry died in Uraidla, South Australia on 23rd March, 1970 and is buried in the Centennial Park Cemetery in Adelaide
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