Thomas PRIOR (PRYOR)

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PRIOR (PRYOR), Thomas

Service Numbers:	330, 2707, 1039
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	9th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Woodside, South Australia, Australia, 17 October 1879
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Storekeeper
Died:	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 18 July 1948, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	AIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia Section: KO, Road: 19, Site No: 8
Memorials:	Woodside District of Onkaparinga Honour Board

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 2707, 4th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Trooper, 330, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen

World War 1 Service

24 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 1039, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: ''
24 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 1039, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Kanowna, Adelaide
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Sergeant, 1039
Date unknown:	Wounded 1039, 9th Light Horse Regiment

Thomas Prior

Name: Thomas Prior
Service Number: 1039
Place of Birth: Woodside
Date of Birth: 17 October 1879
Place of Enlistment: Oaklands
Date of Enlistment: 11 January 1915
Age at Enlistment: 33 years
Next of Kin: Wife, Adelaide Amy Prior
Occupation: Driver
Religion: Church of England
Rank: Sergeant
Thomas was married on 5 January 1915 and enlisted on 11 January. He left Adelaide on board HMAT Kanowna on 23 June 1915, bound for Gallipoli where he served until 2 October when he was sent to Alexandria with his unit, the 9th Light Horse. Thomas then served at Heliopolis, Serapeum, Port Said and Moascar throughout 1916 and 1917. He was hospitalised at Ismailia and Abbassia in Egypt in late May and early June 1917 with psoriasis and returned to duty at Moascar on 20 June. Thomas dislocated his right shoulder on 19 July, an injury that plagued him and led to the Medical Board of the 14th Australian General Hospital deciding on 5 September to send him home. Thomas boarded the Wiltshire for the journey back to Australia on 12 November and was discharged as medically unfit on 3 January 1918. His wife Adelaide was granted a pension of one pound 5 shillings and 9 pence per fortnight from 4 January 1918.

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