William Isaac Peter PETTMAN [1539]

  General Notes:

South Bourke and Mornington Journal (Richmond, Vic. : 1872 - 1920) Wednesday 14 September 1904 Page 2
GARFIELD
On Saturday evening two boys, William and George Pettman, were running behind a cart loaded with chaff. The elder, William Pettman, got right under the cart, holding the axle.
Being ordered by the driver to shift, the boy ran to the front of the vehicle, and endeavoured to climb on to the load, but lost his balance and fell. The wheel passed over his chest, and slightly grazed his face. The driver carried the boy into the nearest house. He was afterwards examined by Mr. Owen, M.B., who ordered his immediate removal to the Melbourne Hospital.


Service Number - 2419. Bill enlisted at Tynong on 3 May 1915. His parents were living at Bunyip at the time but later moved to North Melbourne. Bill was 5' 8 1/2" tall, 143 lbs and his complexion is described as fair, with blue eyes and brown hair. Bill was employed as an orderly at the General Hospital at Suez for several months in 1915 and arrived in England in 1916 from where he was sent to France. Bill was detached to a Tunnelling for some time. He was reported as missing in action in April 1917 but was later found to be a Prisoner of War in Germany. He was interned at Soltan Hanover in Germany and had been wounded (gunshot wound) when he arrived there. In the paperwork that was recovered from the prison camp, Bill lists his "home place" as Nar Nar Goon and in June 1917 he wrote to his sweetheart at Nar Nar Goon, Doris Augustus Blackwell.
He returned to Australia in 1919 and married Doris Blackwell in September of that year. Sadly Doris died in 1927. Bill remarried in 1932 to Elsie Muriel Robinson. Bill died at Elsternwick in 1952.

The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Mon 16 Mar 1953 Page 14 Advertising
ISAAC WILLIAM PETTMAN, Late of 7 Sandham Street Elsternwick in the State of Victoria Railway Employee Deceased-After fourteen clear days Elsie Muriel Pettman 98 Severn street Yarraville in the State of Victoria widow, the executrix appointed by deceased's will (dated the twelfth day or December one thousand nine hundred and forty five), will APPLY to the Supreme Court for a grant of PROBATE of the said WILL.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Military: Service Number - 2419 WW1, 1914-1918.

William married Doris Augustus BLACKWELL [1538] [MRIN: 467], daughter of William BLACKWELL [1283] and Ada Primrose DARLOW [1282], on 10 Sep 1919 in Nar Nar Goon, Vic, Australia.²⁶⁶⁹ (Doris Augustus BLACKWELL [1538] was born on 6 Aug 1895 in Kettering, Northamptonshire, England ^2670,2671, christened on 25 Aug 1895 in Kettering, Northamptonshire, England,^2672,2673 died on 1 Mar 1927 in Melbourne South, Vic, Australia ^2674,2675 and was buried on 2 Mar 1927 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.)

William next married Elsie Muriel ROBINSON [3233] [MRIN: 961] on 28 Mar 1932 in Fitzroy, Vic, Australia. (Elsie Muriel ROBINSON [3233] was born on 24 Jan 1900 in Saint Arnaud, Vic, Australia, died on 7 Feb 1996 and was buried on 12 Feb 1996 in Fawkner, Victoria, Australia ²⁶⁷⁸.)