George William PETTIT

Born 1885 in Irwin, Western Australia ^[15]
Son of William PETTIT and Mary Jane ELLIS ^[15]
Baptised at the home of his parents in Irwin on 6 August 1886 by J. G. MITCHELL of the Dongara Methodist Circuit ^[84]
His father passed away at the age of 37 years in 1893 and in 1894 his mother married William STEPHEN ^[15]
Married Mary Ann PASCOE in 1906 ^[66]
Farmer and Labourer in Three Springs 1911-1919 ^{[6] [19] [50]}
Sang a song at the Social hosted by Charlie and Winifred THOMAS at the schoolroom in Three Springs on 30 July 1910 ^{[9: 12-Aug-1910]}
In April 1915 their young child ate a cigarette butt and in attempting to blow bumbles swallowed water through a wooden pipe ^[10]
     After telephoning Dr MYLES of Moora he caught the train to Three Springs and arrived in time to render medical assistance ^[10]
     Their child survived however suffered from tobacco poisoning which affected his heart ^{[10: 9-Apr-1915]}
Won Tilting at the Ring in the ring events at the Three Springs Day held in Three Springs on 26 September 1917 ^{[10: 5-Oct-1917]}
He and Jack LYNCH won the Tug of War on Horseback at the Three Springs Peace Celebrations on 19 July 1919 ^{[10: 25-Jul-1919]}
Farmhand in Mingenew in 1921 and 1922 ^[50]
Father of Hughie, Victor, Kenneth, Jean and Arthur ^[P2]
Died 1924 ^[15]

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