Frederick Augustus PITT

Regimental number13/1083
Date of birth5 February 1889
Place of birthSurrey Hills, Auckland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarpenter
AddressTe Aroha
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Height5' 8"
Weight160 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Adelaide Victoria Pitt, Te Aroha
Previous military serviceServed in the 4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles Regiment.
Enlistment date15 February 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th Reinforcements, Auckland Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 13 June 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitAuckland Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 24 December 1918
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)No return date entered on file; 24 December 1918 is given as date of 'awaiting embarkation to NZ'.
Discharge date1 March 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Palestine

Posted to unity at Mudros, 3 October 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria, 27 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

[Gap in record: no details for period 1916-mid 1918.]

Detached to Desert Mounted Corps Rest Camp, Port Said, 2 July 1918.

Admitted to 26th Stationary Hospital, Moascar, 2 August 1918 (ingrown toenail); discharged to duty, 14 August 1918, and rejoined Training Regiment, Ismailia.

Transferred to NZ Mounted Rifles Brigade, in the field, 6 September 1918.

Admitted to NZ Mounted Field Ambulance, 12 September 1918 (pyrexia, unknown origin); transferred to 36th Stationary Hospital, Gaza, from 48th Stationary Hospital, 17 September 1918; to 44th Stationary Hospital, Kantara, 19 September 1918 (pyrexia); to 27th General Hospital, Abbassia, 20 September 1918; to Aotea Convalescent Home, Heliopolis, 4 October 1918 (influenza); discharged, 21 October 1918 [date unclear]; rejoined Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment, in the field, 3 November 1918.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Suez on board HT 'Wiltshire'; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), 1 March 1919.

War service: 4 years 15 days (of which 3 years 233 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Mounted Rifles/Fifth
Date of death13 August 1962
Age at death73
SourcesFile No 0360952, New Zealand Defence Force Archives, Trentham Military Camp