Alan PRETLOVE

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Service Number:	VX18240
Enlisted:	28 May 1940, Caulfield, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)
Born:	Sandford, Victoria, 31 August 1917
Home Town:	Sandford, Glenelg, Victoria
Schooling:	Sandford School
Occupation:	Shop employee
Died:	Accident, Burma, Port Moresby, Papua, Papua New Guinea, New Guinea, 16 June 1943, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) Plot A11, Row D, Grave 16
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

28 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX18240, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2), Caulfield, Vic.
15 Jun 1943:	Involvement Private, VX18240, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2), Prisoners of War

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Mother Norma Grace "Gracie "Pretlove Father not known.

Employer Ralph Baxter, shop keeper.

Sport- Well known cricketer in Casterton district.,

Survived by his mother, her only child.

He was 25 and served with the Australian Army Service Corps~ A.I.F. 1st Corps Petrol Park

Son of Norma Grace Pretlove of Casterton, Victoria

Died while Prisoner of War

EVER REMEMBERED