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PRETTY, Frank (Francis)
Step 1: Personal Details
Service Number: | 844 |
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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 |
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