PRICHARD, Arvan James
| Service Number: | 1383 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 April 1915, D Company |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, 26 June 1898 |
| Home Town: | Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not known |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | Killed by Shell, France, 18 July 1918, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1383, 20th Infantry Battalion, D Company | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1383, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1383, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
| 30 Nov 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1383 | |
| 9 Feb 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant | |
| 9 Feb 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, 2nd Machine Gun Company | |
| 18 Jul 1918: | Involvement Lieutenant, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 2nd Australian Machine Gun Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-07-18 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Arvan James PRICHARD was born as surname PRITCHARD on 26th June, 1898 in Charters Towers, Queensland
His parents were William Gordon PRITCHARD and Katherine May KELLY who married on 8th January, 1895 in Queensland - they had 3 children, Arvan James, William Roy & Daphne
He enlisted in Liverpool, NSW on 21st April, 1915 as a Private and embarked with the 20th Battalion, D Company on the HMAT Berrima on 25th June, 1915
He worked his way through the ranks from Private to Lieutenant (see his NAA Service File for more details)
Arvan was killed instanlty by a shell on 18th July, 1918 in France and was buried near where he fell & a cross was erected on his grave (see photo)
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial , The Villers Bretonneux Memorial in France & a War Memorial in Cumbria, England (see photo)
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal
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