PRINGLE, Alwyn Adam Thomson
| Service Number: | 17124 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 January 1916, Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 5th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Concord, New South Wales, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Plumpton, Blacktown, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Parramatta Kings School |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Dickebush, Belgium, 29 July 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Dickebusch New Military Cemetery & Extension, Belgium Dickebusch New Military Cemetery Extension, Dickebusch, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Blacktown War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 17124, Marrickville, New South Wales | |
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| 5 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 17124, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 17124, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
| 29 Jul 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 17124, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Warneton, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 17124 awm_unit: 5th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-07-29 |
Alwyn Adam Thomson Pringle
* Alwyn Adam Thomson Pringle had a father named Lieutenant Colonel V.D Pringle who lived in Rooty Hill.
*Before enlisting Alwyn Adam Thomson Pringle was a grazier who grew fodder crops and bred sheep,cattle and horses.He learned wool classing at Sydney Technical College while working at the Raine and Horne office in Pitt Street.
*Alwyn Adam Thomson Pringle enlisted at the age of 23 in Marrickville N.S.W on the 4th of January 1916 and left Sydney on the HMAT 'Borda' A30 on the 5th of June in 1916.
*Sadly Alwyn Adam Thomson Pringle died at Spoil Bank near Ypres Belgium in action by the Germans when he was carrying ammunition.A fellow soldier was with Alwyn when he died and wrote to his father telling him that the was killed by a bullet below the heart and he was killed instantly.
Submitted 2 December 2016 by Cheryl Kersivien
Biography contributed by John Edwards
"...17124 Gunner Alwyn Adam Thomson Pringle, 1st Field Artillery Brigade. A grazier from Rooty Hill, NSW prior to enlistment, Gnr Pringle embarked with the 17th Reinforcements from Sydney on HMAT Borda on 5 June 1916.On 29 July 1917 while serving with 105 Howitzer Battery, he was killed in action, aged 24, and was buried in the Dickebusch New Military Cemetery Extension, Belgium." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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