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PRITCHARD, Jesse
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2428 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 May 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gloucester, England, 1885 |
| Home Town: | Denmark, Denmark, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Albany & Districts Roll of Honor, Albany & Districts Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Denmark War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 25 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2428, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2428, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2428, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Fremantle |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Next of kin given as his brother Thomas Pritchard of Purry's Inlet, Denmark, WA
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal