Informant; Private: 1227 Alfred Henry PITKIN.  Private: 1983 Alan James MATHER D Company 33rd Battalion. "AT Messines he was blown to pieces by a shell when in the trenches. I was right alongside of him when knocked. He was a mate of mine, nuggerty, fair age, about 43 came from Inverell, N.S.W. I think his father was Mayor if Inverell."

Ward 38 Harefield Hospital.

Alfred was a single 19 year old Farmer from "Alton Farm" Tenterfield, N.S.W upon enlistment. His parents Walter and Pheobe Pitkin had at least 9 children. charles Roy Pitkin (not born in NSW prior to 1887) and died in 1955 at Chatswood, N.S.W. Death Cert:1816/1955. Walter Gordon Pitkin born 1887 at Tenterfield, N.S.W. Birth Cert:35253/1887 and died in 1957 at Campsie, N.S.W. Death Cert:9678/1957. Emily A Pitkin born 1888 at Tenterfield, N.S.W. Birth Cert:36417/1888 and died 1926 at Manly, N.S.W. Death Cert:8754/1926. Lilly M F Pitkin born 1891 at Tenterfield, N.S.W. Birth Cert:34436/1891. Sarah E P Pitkin born 1892 at Tenterfield, N.S.W. Birth Cert: 35096/1892. William Arthur Pitkin born 1894 at Tenterfield, N.S.W. Birth Cert:33517/1894 and died in 1966 at sutherland, N.S.W. Death Cert: 31345/1966. Alfred Henry Pitkin born 1896 at Tenterfield, N.S.W. Birth Cert:35165/1896 and died in 1977 in N.S.W. Death Cert:104647/1977. Ella M Pitkin born 1900 at Tenterfield, N.S.W. Birth Cert:7805/1900. Harold George Pitkin born 1901 at Tenterfield, N.S.W. Birth Cert:26984/1901 and died in 1942 at Hornsby, N.S.W. Death Cert:9699/1942.

Alfred's father Walter Pitkin died in 1915 at Tenterfield, N.S.W. Death Cert:12072/1915 and his mother Phoebe Pitkin died in 1933 at Tenterfield, N.S.W. Death Cert:13681/1933.

(Australian National Archives)

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