Archibald Mainwarring CHITTY MM

CHITTY, Archibald Mainwarring

Service Number: 935
Enlisted: 8 March 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 2nd Machine Gun Battalion
Born: Tintaldra, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town: Tintaldra, Towong, Victoria
Schooling: Tintaldra State School, Victoria
Occupation: Stockman
Died: Illness, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, January 1975
Cemetery: Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria
Cremation
Memorials: Cudgewa War Memorial, Tintaldra School Honor Roll and Story Board
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World War 1 Service

8 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 935, Melbourne, Victoria
10 May 1915: Involvement Private, 935, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
10 May 1915: Embarked Private, 935, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
4 Sep 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 935, 23rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
1 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 6th Machine Gun Company
11 Oct 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion
24 Jan 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 935, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, RTA per HT Delta, disembarked Melbourne 10 March 1919.
11 Mar 1919: Honoured Military Medal, The Battle of Amiens, and Mont St Quentin - London Gazette.
9 May 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 935, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Archibald Mainwarring CHITTY was born in Tintaldra, Victoria in 1892

His parents were Phillip CHITTY & Agnes KERSEY