PRATT, Vivian Thomas
Service Number: | 62653 |
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Enlisted: | 1 July 1918, Adelaide, SA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements |
Born: | Port Gawler, SA, 25 November 1898 |
Home Town: | Two Wells, Mallala, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Suicide, Adelaide, SA, 19 October 1926, aged 27 years |
Cemetery: |
Two Wells Cemetery, S.A. |
Memorials: | Dublin Lower Light Methodist Honor Roll, Dublin War Memorial, Mallala Two Wells Pictorial Honour Roll 1, Two Wells WW1 Memorial |
World War 1 Service
1 Jul 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 62653, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, Adelaide, SA | |
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22 Oct 1918: | Involvement Private, 62653, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: '' | |
22 Oct 1918: | Embarked Private, 62653, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, HMAT Boonah, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John Thomas Verner Scott PRATT and Grace Evelyn nee WASLEY
YOUNG CONSTABLE DEAD
Revolver at His Side
ADELAIDE. Tuesday.
Mounted Constable Vivian Thomas Pratt, aged 27 years, was found shot dead in his. room at the Mounted Police Barracks at 9.15 o'clock this morning. There was a bullet wound in his left temple and his service revolver was by his side. A few minutes previously he had been talking to his colleagues and appeared quite normal. There was no indication that he been worried recently. Twelve months ago Pratt sustained head injuries during horse training work and remained unconscious for 36 days. Since his recovery he had not been on active duty, but had been employed on routine work at the barracks. Pratt was a returned soldier and unmarried. A few weeks ago he sent in a voluntary resignation and would have left the force at the end of this month. His parents reside near Two Wells.