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Private Geoffrey William Pitt

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Given name
G W
Family name
Pitt
Gender
Male
Service number
NX127791
Conflicts
Second World War, 1939–45
Fate date
16 May 1943
Additional information
Last held rank
Private
Unit at embarkation
6th Australian Machine Gun Battalion
Service
Australian Army
Veteran Notes/Bio

Born 11 January 1922 in Lithgow NSW.
Address and Next of kin address, Wallgrove NSW.
Enlisted 28 September 1942.
Accidently drowned when rescuing the crew of 62 Americans at Bass Point, Shell Cove NSW, from the vessel 'Cities Service Boston'.
Posthumously awarded the American Soldiers Medal.

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