PRIOR, Claude Stanley
| Service Number: | 2451 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 July 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Jamberoo, New South Wales, Australia, 1884 |
| Home Town: | Singleton, Northumberland, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Kiama Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 25 February 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Singleton War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2451, 18th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2451, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2451, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of George and Elizabeth (Anna) PRIOR, Dunolly, Singleton, New South Wales
Official news has been received that Private Claude Stanley Prior, son of Mr G. Prior, Dunolly, was killed in action in France. Deceased who was aged 28, sailed in October 1915, and after some fighting in Egypt proceeded to France where he had been several months. The flags in town today were at half-mast out of respect to deceased.
Deceased, who was a labourer by occupation, and unmarried, was a fine stamp of manhood, and those who knew him speak of him as being a clean, straight goer, for whom they had the highest opinions. Another brother returned home invalided some months ago, after illness incurred during the Gallipoli campaign.
PRIOR.—A tribute of love to the me mory of our dear Son and Brother, Pte. Claude Stanley Prior, killed in action at Butte de Warlincourt, France, on February 25th, 1917.
Soldier, rest! thy warfare o'er.
Inserted by his sorrowing Father,
Mother, Sisters, and Brothers.
PRIOR.—In loving memory of Gunner Claude Stanley Prior, killed in action at Butte-de-Warlin court, France, 25th February, 1917.
He died as he lived—for others.
Remembered always by Nellie M. Edwards.
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