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

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