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PRIDHAM, Clement Raymond
| Service Number: | 849 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 February 1916, Kadina, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kulpara, South Australia, 21 March 1898 |
| Home Town: | Alford, Barunga West, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Emphysema, Corrigin, Western Australia, 7 August 1974, aged 76 years |
| Cemetery: |
Corrigin Cemetery Corrigin, Western Australia |
| Memorials: | Alford District of Ninnes Honour Board, Alford War Memorial, Bute District Council WW1 Roll of Honor, Tickera War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Kadina, South Australia | |
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| 9 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 849, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 849, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide |
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Returned to Australia 22 January 1919
Farmed in Alford at "Oak Farm". Married Ada Vera Prouse. Had six children to Ada (known as Vera). Lola (dec), Lloyd, Keith (dec), Fay (dec), Ron and Merle (dec). Vera already had a son, Les (dec). He was brought up in Adelaide and did not make contact with his siblings until he was a young adult.
Vera died in childbirth in 1938, after giving birth to her eighth child, who also died. Clem continued to live on the farm with his five youngest children and was helped by a series of housekeepers. He eventually married one of his house keepers - Adeline Kuhn from Adelaide. Together they had a further four sons. Barry, Norman, Raymond and Rodney. Norman died in a farm accident as a young boy.
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