PRING, Bertie
| Service Number: | 3455 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia , 12 May 1893 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Golden Point State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 29 June 1916, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Bois-Grenier Plot IV, Row D, Grave No. 22. |
| Memorials: | Alfredton Humffray Street State School Roll of Honor, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Golden Point State School, Kensington ANA Flemington Branch No69 Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3455, 14th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3455, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3455, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Bertie Pring disembarked in France with the 14th Battalion on 8 June 1916. Three weeks later he was mortally wounded by a sniper soon after the Battalion entered the front line. In the history of the 14th Battalion he is stated to be the first man of the unit to lose his life on the Western Front.
Bertie's parents were James and Mary Jane Pring of Ballarat. His father, a cooper, had passed away when he was only 14 years of age. His widowed mother received a pension of 2 pounds per fortnight.
Bertie's uncle 4855 Private John Pring 50th Battalion enlisted in South Australia and was killed in action a few months later.
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