Frank (Francis) PRETTY

PRETTY, Frank (Francis)

Service Number: 844
Enlisted: 17 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 6th Infantry Battalion
Born: Gisborne, Victoria, Australia, 1885
Home Town: Gisborne, Macedon Ranges, Victoria
Schooling: Gisbon High School, Victoria
Occupation: Turner
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 May 1915
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Helles Memorial, Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gisborne St. Paul's Anglican Church Great War Roll of Honour, Gisborne State School Honour Roll, Gisborne War Memorial, Helles Memorial, Gallipoli
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World War 1 Service

17 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 844, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
19 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 844, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 844, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Birth name was registered as Francis Pretty number 2959

Son of George Fenn (Francis) Pretty and Sarah Pretty nee Powell of Prince Street, Gisborne, Victoria. Brother of John Howard Pretty, Jane Olive Pretty, Arthur Ernest Pretty, Jessie Hilda Pretty, Beatrice Pretty, Mary Pretty and Olive Pretty

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Served a 7 years apprenticeship with Cherry & Son of Gisborne, Victoria