PRAED, William James
| Service Number: | 4451 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 January 1916, Place of enlistment - Kalgoorlie, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Traveller |
| Died: | Black Watch Shaft), France, Australia, 27 November 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Hersin Communal Cemetery Extension Plot I, Row C, Grave 22, Hersin Communal Cemetery Extension, Hersin-Coupigny, Lens, Nord Pas de Calais, France, Toowong Cemetery, Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boulder Roll of Honor, Boulder Roll of Honour Board, Western Australia State War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4451, Mining Corps, Place of enlistment - Kalgoorlie, Western Australia | |
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| 10 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) | |
| 1 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 4451, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), Embarked on HMAT 'A69' Warilda from Fremantle --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 4451, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4451 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1916-11-27 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
William and Francis Praed were two sons of Grace (nee Hunkin) and Edward Praed of Marazion, Cornwall, England. Edward and Grace and their six children immigrated to Australia in December 1871 on board the Stonehouse. The family settled in the Bendigo / Eaglehawk area of Victoria.
William married Elizabeth (Bessie) Keast at Eaglehawk in 1886. Two of their six children were William James, born in 1887, and Ernest Norman born in 1890.
Francis married Ada Grace Read at Eaglehawk in 1892. One of their three children was Francis Percival, born in 1894.
William James married Ruby Ethel Watson at Perth in 1916.
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