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PETTINGER, George Lawrence
Personal Details
Service Number: | 558 |
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Enlisted: | 18 November 1914, Enlisted at Enoggera, QLD |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd Light Horse Brigade Field Ambulance |
Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 1 February 1895 |
Home Town: | Goodna, Ipswich, Queensland |
Schooling: | Goodna State School, Queensland; Kelly's Training College |
Occupation: | Engineer |
Died: | Died of Wounds, At sea on board Mine Sweeper Clacton, Gallipoli, 26 May 1915, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 69, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ipswich Redbank Freezing Works & District Honour Roll, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Redbank War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
18 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 558, 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance , Enlisted at Enoggera, QLD | |
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21 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 558, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Field Ambulance, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Newcastle embarkation_ship: HMAT Thirty-six embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: '' | |
21 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 558, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Field Ambulance, HMAT Thirty-six, Newcastle | |
26 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 558, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Field Ambulance, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 558 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-05-26 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas and Catherine Pettinger of Goodna, QLD
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the Citizen Military Forces