George Irwin Pettit (1893 - 1956)

Born 1893 in Morpeth, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom

Husband of Eva Edith (Leigh) Pettit — married 17 Feb 1925 in Queensland, Australia

Died 2 Oct 1956 at about age 63 in Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

George Pettit is an Anzac who served in World War One.

Private George Pettit served in the Australian Imperial Force in World War I
Service started: 02 Sep 1914
Unit(s): 1st Infantry Battalion
Service ended: 19 Oct 1917

George Pettit was born in Morpeth England. ^[1]

George Pettit served in the Australian Imperial Force in World War 1 and attained the rank of Private.

His enlistment date was 2 Sep 1914.

When he enlisted, his address was Spionkop, Mt Morgan, Queensland

His next of kin on enlistment was: Father, R Pettit Stanton Street, Mt Morgan, Queensland.

His occupation when he enlisted was Butcher.

His unit was: 1st Battalion, E Company.

His Regimental Number was: 588.

His unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A19 Afric on 18 October 1914.

Returned to Australia 19 October 1917.

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George Irwin Pettit and Eva Edith Leigh were married on 17 Feb 1925 in Queensland. ^{[5] [6]}

George Pettit died on 2 Oct 1956 in Liverpool, New South Wales ^[7]

He was buried at Liverpool Cemetery. ^{[1] [8]}

Research Notes

Possibly convicted of stealing. ^[9]

Possibly injured in the Mount Morgan Mine. ^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} World War 1 Service: Veteran Details for George Pettit for Service with the Australian Imperial Force. Regimental Number: 588; Rank: Private; Unit: 1st Battalion, E Company; Enlistment Date: 2 Sep 1914; Returned to Australia 19 October 1917 Link to UNSW AIF Project Record: accessed 22 Mar 2024
2. ↑ Virtual War Memorial Australia: Veteran Details for George Pettit; Service Number: 588; Unit: 1st Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, World War I VWMA link; accessed 22 Mar 2024
3. ↑ PRIVATE G. PETTIT.
   Mr. and Mrs. G. Pettit, Staunton-street, Mount Morgan, have received advice that their son, Private George Pettit, who was recently reported to be in hospital in Eng- land sick, was progressing favourably.
   PRIVATE G. PETTIT. (1917, April 7). Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954), p. 7. Retrieved March 22, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article53808478
4. ↑ National Archives Australia World War 1 Australian Imperial Force Service Record: National Archives Australia: 8014585 accessed 22 Mar 2024
5. ↑ Queensland Marriage Registration Index: The State of Queensland, Department of Justice and Attorney-General, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, index entry for George Irwin Pettit and Eva Edith Leigh; Marriage Date: 17 Feb 1925; Registration Number: 1925/C/653; Marriage Location: Queensland; Link to Record 1925/C/653; accessed 22 Mar 2024
6. ↑ MARRIAGE.
   PETTIT — LEIGH.—By the Rector W. B. Charles, 27th February, 1925, George Irwin, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Pettit, to Eva Edith Leigh, only daughter of Mrs. and the late Mr. J. Leigh, both of Mount Morgan.
   Family Notices (1925, April 3). Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954), p. 8. Retrieved March 22, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article54303980
7. ↑ New South Wales Death Index: (NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 22 Mar 2024), Index entry for PETTIT GEORGE; Parents: ; District: SYDNEY; Registration Number: 398/1957
8. ↑ FindAGrave: database and images, memorial page for Pvt G Pettit; Died: 2 Oct 1956; Cemetery: Liverpool Cemetery, Liverpool, New South Wales; Find A Grave: Memorial #128071774; created by: Tulip; accessed: 22 Mar 2024
9. ↑ CASHED CHEQUE
   Appropriated Money George Pettit On Stealing Charge In the Mt. Morgan Police Court, before Messrs. C. Burchill and W. Arlott, JJ.P., George Pettit, a married man, with a wife and children, living at Mt Morgan, pleaded guitly to a charge of having stolen £13 3s. from George Carris, Cracow. Sergeant Warner stated that the defendant and Carris were employees of the Golden Plateau mine, Cracow. Complainant gave defendant a cheque drawn on a Taroom bank for £19 4s and asked him to cash it for him when he went to Cracow. Some days later defendant returned to the mine and told complainant that he could not cash the cheque at Cracow, but had sent it on to the bank at Taroom. Soon after- wards, defendant left his employment and cleared out of Cracow. It was then found that defendant had not sent the cheque to Taroom, but had cashed it at Cracow, and spent it on drink and gambling. On February 8 he wrote from Wowan to complainant, stating he had spent the money, but that he had some wages coming to him from the Plateau Company which he could draw. He also sent a letter to thc manager of the company to that effect. The manager stated that defendant could come back and work and repay the stolen money, but defendant did not do so. Hence his arrest. Thc police at Cracow said there was nothing against the defendant except that he drank. In answer to the Bench, defendant stated he did not know of any person who would assist him to make restitu- tion, but the company would take him back, and it could be stopped from his wages. Defendant was convicted and fined £2. and ordered to make restitution of the amount stolen, the money to be paid into the court, and was given one month to do so; in default, 14 days imprisonment. Defendant said te would leave by the morning's train for Theodore and return to his work at Cracow.
   CASHED CHEQUE (1934, March 22). Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954), p. 12. Retrieved March 22, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55530554
10. ↑ AMBULANCE CASE.
    To-day the Ambulance bearers re- ceived a call to attend George Pettit, who was suffering from severely con- tused right hand, caused by being caught in a tube mill. He was taken to the Hospital.
    AMBULANCE CASE. (1924, May 14). Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954), p. 7. Retrieved March 22, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article54273779