PRITCHARD, James
| Service Number: | 6869 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Pontygwaith, Glamorgan, Wales, 1900 |
| Home Town: | Collie, Collie, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Cleaner |
| Died: | Pneumonia (double), 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, Wiltshire, England, 2 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Trealaw Cemetery,Trealaw, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 6869, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
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| 29 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 6869, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick (OAM) – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
James Rhys Pritchard was born at Pontygwaith, Glamorgan, Wales in 1900.
He came to Australia in 1911 with his widowed father & 2 sisters & disembarked at Albany, Western Australia.
On 15th January, 1917 he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force stating he was aged 18 & a Cleaner from Collie, Western Australia.
Private James Pritchard, Service number 6869, embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia on HMAT Borda (A30) on 29th June, 1917 & disembarked at Plymouth, England on 25th August, 1917.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
He was marched in to 7th Training Battalion at Rollestone, Wiltshire, England on 26th August, 1917.
On 8th November. 1917 Private Pritchard was marched in to 6th Training Battalion at Fovant, Wiltshire from 7th Training Battalion.
Private was written up for an Offence while posted at Fovant – Absent without leave from midnight 25th January, 1918 until 4.20 pm on 3rd February, 1918. He was awarded 14 days confined to camp with a total forfeiture of 36 days pay.
He was admitted to 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital at Bulford, Wiltshire on 6th February, 1918, discharged to Convalescent Training Depot then re-admitted to Hospital on 25th March, 1918.
Private James Pritchard died at 9.30 pm on 2nd April, 1918 at 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, Wiltshire, England from Pneumonia (double), aged 17 ½ .
He was buried in Llethyr Ddu Cemetery now known as Trealaw Cemetery, Rhondda, Wales.
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