Walter Hainsworth PRETTY

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PRETTY, Walter Hainsworth

Service Number:	1556
Enlisted:	15 July 1915, Keswick, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kilkenny, South Australia, 27 December 1896
Home Town:	Kilkenny, Charles Sturt, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action (behind German lines), Fromelles, France, 20 July 1916, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery I. C. 6.
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Croydon War Memorial, Woodville Kilkenny Church of St. Edward Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

15 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Keswick, South Australia
18 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1556, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1556, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
20 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1556, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)

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Biography

Pheasant Wood cemetery was opened in 2010 to house the remains of soldiers disinterred from the mass grave at Pheasant Wood in which British and Allied soldiers killed in the attack at Fromelles who fell behind German lines were interred.

"THE LATE PRIVATE W. H. PRETTY.

Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Pretty, of Kupman street, Kilkenny, have been officially informed that their son, Private W. H. Pretty, was killed in action, in France, on July 20, 1916. He was previously reported missing." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 07 Apr 1917 (nla.gov.au)

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