PRUSSIAN, Henry Frederick Grenfell
| Service Numbers: | WX18459, WX18459 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 January 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Brigade Headquarters |
| Born: | Claremont, Fremantle, Western Australia, 6 May 1909 |
| Home Town: | Boddington, Boddington, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Boddington, Western Australia, 29 December 1980, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Boddington Cemetery, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 2 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX18459 | |
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| 7 Jul 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX18459, 6th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, embarked Cairns for Port Moresby on board Duntroon | |
| 16 Feb 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX18459, 6th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, embarked Buna for Brisbane on board the Gorgon | |
| 28 Apr 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX18459 , 6th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, embarked Townsville for Buna on board the Katoomba | |
| 23 Dec 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX18459, 6th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, embarked Lae for New Britain on board the Francis Parkinson | |
| 5 May 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX18459, 6th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, embarked Jacquinot Bay for Townsville on board the Katoomba | |
| 24 May 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX18459 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Henry Frederick Grenfell Prussian (Service No:WX18459) enlisted in the AIF on 2 January 1942, and was attached to 6th Infantry Brigade HQ on 7 July 1943 when he embarked with his Unit from Cairns for Port Moresby on board the Duntroon. Through 1943 to May 1945 Private Prussian served in Buna, Lae and Jacquinot Bay, and was attached to 6th Infantry Brigade HQ at Discharge on 24 May 1945.
Fred was born in Claremont, Fremantle, Western Australia in 1909, only child of George Henry Prussian (b1872 in Grenfell, New South Wales) and Mary Theresa Migro (b1880 in Avenel, Victoria). George was a Gold Miner before serving with 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles (Corporal; Service No:1298) in the Boer War, disembarking in Albany, Western Australia in 1902. George (a Labourer) and Mary married in Perth in 1906 - Mary had arrived in Fremantle in 1902 on board the Wollowra and lived in Northam. George and Mary lived in Fremantle and Bunbury, where George was a Carpenter. Following Mary's death in 1912, George lived in Yilgarn, Nannup and Boddington, where he worked as a Wood Cutter and Timber Hewer.
Fred worked in Boddington as a Labourer (Industrial Extracts Ltd), and in 1937 in Narrogin married Grace May Strange (b1915 in Hotham via Narrogin, Western Australia). Fred and Grace settled in Boddington, where they raised their family and Fred worked as a Labourer. Following his Discharge from the Army, Fred was a Timber Worker at the Boddington Saw Mill, and was active in his local community - a member of the Boddington footbal and cricket teams, and competing in log chopping and sawing competitions. Fred died in 1980 and Grace in 1984.
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