PRIDDEY, Frank Edwin
| Service Number: | 2410 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brighton, England, September 1893 |
| Home Town: | Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Memorials: | Lindisfarne Officers of the 12th Battalion Pictorial Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 24 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2410, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 18 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2410, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Chilka embarkation_ship_number: A51 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2410, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Chilka, Fremantle | |
| 14 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
| 11 May 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
| 26 Jul 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
| 14 Dec 1916: | Honoured Military Medal, Battle for Pozières , Conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during operations 23-25th July, Pozieres. | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Jun 1917: | Promoted Lieutenant, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2410, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
| 30 Oct 1919: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, "The Last Hundred Days" |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From AWM: Lieutenant (Lt) Frank Edwin Priddey MM, 12th Battalion. A native of Brighton, England, Lt Priddey was a clerk from Kalgoorlie, WA prior to enlistment and embarked with the 7th Reinforcements from Fremantle on HMAT Chilka on 18 June 1916. Later promoted to Corporal, he was awarded the Military Medal "for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during operation on 24/25 July at Pozieres. On night of 24/25 July he volunteered to go out under very heavy shell fire to bring in wounded men when our working party had been driven in and succeeded in bring in a seriously wounded man. He then went out a second time to find a stretcher party that had left our lines and finding them was instrumental in bringing wounded back to our lines during the bombardment." Following further promotion, he attained the rank of Lieutenant and was wounded in action. He was also Mentioned in Despatches and recommended for the Military Cross although this was never awarded. He returned to Australia on 3 September 1919 and served in Second World War as a Private in the 2nd Battalion Volunteer Defence Force.
During WWI he was twice wounded in action 27/8/1918 (GSW face) and 27/2/1917 (Le Poquit, GWW chest and shoulder).
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