Garnet George PRIDHAM

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PRIDHAM, Garnet George

Service Number:	3867
Enlisted:	9 August 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kilkenny, South Australia, 18 April 1888
Home Town:	Kilkenny, Charles Sturt, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 28 September 1917, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Croydon War Memorial, Hindmarsh Federated Brick, Tile & Pottery Industrial Union Roll of Honor, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

9 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3867, 10th Infantry Battalion
2 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 3867, 10th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Malwa embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
2 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 3867, 10th Infantry Battalion, RMS Malwa, Adelaide
28 Sep 1917:	Involvement Private, 3867, 50th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3867 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-28

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Garnet George PRIDHAM was born in Kilkenny, South Australia on 18th April, 1888

His parents were William PRIDHAM & Hannah MARSH

He married Rose Violet May BUCKTON in SA on 9th November, 1915

He enlisted on 9th August, 1915 and embarked with the 10th Infantry Battalion, 12th Reinforcements on the 2nd December, 1915 from Adelaide on the RMS Malwa

Garnet was Killed in Action in Belgium on 28th September, 1917 - no known grave

His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial

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