PRITCHARD, John Archibald
| Service Number: | 6838 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 October 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lambton, New South Wales, Australia , 25 April 1882 |
| Home Town: | Fassifern, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Quarryman |
| Died: | Cardiff, New South Wales, Australia , 11 April 1951, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 1-03. 16. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6838, 8th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 17 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6838, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Napier embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 17 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6838, 8th Infantry Battalion, SS Port Napier, Sydney | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6838, 8th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge, SW right thigh | |
| 26 Apr 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 8th Infantry Battalion | |
| 9 Feb 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6838, 8th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery, not forgotten.
71 years ago today, on the 12th April 1951, Lance Corporal John Archibald Pritchard, 8th Battalion (Reg No-6838), also known as Spanker, quarryman (Mr. F. Croft Gravel Quarry, Fassifern, N.S.W.), of Fassifern, New South Wales and Adamstown, N.S.W. and Henry Street, Cardiff, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 68. ANGLICAN 1-03. 16.
Born at Lambton, New South Wales on the 25th April 1882 to John (died 1951, name not inscribed on headstone) and Elizabeth Pritchard; husband of Annie Francis Pritchard nee McNaughton (married 1916, Adamstown, N.S.W., died 1953, sleeping side by side - ANGLICAN 1-03. 18., name not inscribed on headstone, no death or funeral notice located) of Victoria Street, Adamstown, N.S.W., John enlisted October 1916 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 4.10.1917 (SW right thigh).
Admitted to hospital 23.11.1917 (not stated).
John returned home September 1919, being discharged on the 10th October 1919.
Mr. Pritchard’s name has possibly been inscribed on the Adamstown Citizens' Memorial as PRITCHARD H. W.
John’s name has not been inscribed on the headstone, so July 2021 I placed a cross adorned with poppies at the gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Many thanks to Ross John Pritchard for the notification.
Lest We Forget.
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