Prescott Henry HARPER

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Service Numbers:	3346, Commissioned Officer, W86421
Enlisted:	5 March 1917, Perth, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd Field Company Engineers
Born:	Guildford, Western Australia, 29 January 1886
Home Town:	Gingin, Gingin, Western Australia
Schooling:	Guildford Grammar School, Western Australia
Occupation:	Grazier
Died:	Natural causes (stroke), Perth, Western Australia, 21 January 1957, aged 70 years
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
Memorials:	Gingin War Memorial, Guildford St. Matthew's Anglican Church Honour Roll, Guildford War Memorial, Guildford and District Roll of Honour

5 Mar 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Perth, Western Australia
22 May 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3346, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
22 May 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3346, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Port Sydney, Fremantle
18 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 2nd Field Company Engineers
18 Feb 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Field Company Engineers
1 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 2nd Field Company Engineers

24 May 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, W86421

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Rhodes Scholar - Oxford University

Member of Gingin Road Board and Gingin Shire Council

Married Grace Edgar - 2 Daughters; Alison & Jean

Married Mary Edgar - Son & 2 Daughters; John, Judith & E.Gillian

Brother of 114 Trooper Wilfred Lukin Harper (/explore/people/337699) 10th Light Horse Regiment, killed in action, 7 August 1915, and 113 Trooper Gresley Harper (/explore/people/59984) 10th Light Horse Regiment, killed in action on the same day in the same place.

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