PRIDMORE, Hugh Bowen
| Service Number: | SX4723 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 8 June 1940, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Glen Osmond, South Australia, 18 July 1901 |
| Home Town: | McLaren Vale, Onkaparinga, South Australia |
| Schooling: | St. Peter's College, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Vigneron |
| Died: | Natural Causes, McLaren Vale, South Australia, 12 February 1975, aged 73 years |
| Cemetery: |
Glen Osmond (St. Saviour) Anglican Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 8 Jun 1940: | Involvement Lance Corporal, SX4723 | |
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| 8 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
| 8 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, SX4723 | |
| 30 Sep 1943: | Discharged | |
| 30 Sep 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, SX4723 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sally Pridmore
On completion of his duties during WWII, H.B. Pridmore spent time working as Storeman at the Daws Road Military Hospital (now known as Daws Road Repat Hospital).
McLaren Vale Bowling Club (lawn bowls), located on the Main Road of McLaren Vale, is on land which was gifted to them by Hugh Bowen Pridmore and his wife, Mary Adele Pridmore. Whilst Hugh was deployed on his first deployment (Egypt), they voted him back in as President despite his phusical absence. He was President there 1st April 1938 to 31st March 1941.
Upon return from his WWII service with 2/27, H.B. Pridmore became a member of the McLaren Vale RSL and subsequently President of the McLaren Vale RSL on two separate occasions: Jan 1945 - Dec 1950 and Jan 1952 - Dec 1954.
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