PRINGLE, Archibald Edgar
| Service Number: | 3426 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 August 1915, Warwick Farm, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 23 September 1891 |
| Home Town: | Petersham, Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carriage Builder |
| Died: | Killed in Action , Belgium, 7 June 1917, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated at Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Leichhardt War Memorial, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3426, 13th Infantry Battalion, Warwick Farm, NSW | |
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| 13 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3426, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3426, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Sydney | |
| 6 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 45th Infantry Battalion , Transferred from 4th Training Battalion at Zeitoun in Egypt. | |
| 5 Sep 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 45th Infantry Battalion , Promoted in France. | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 3426, 45th Infantry Battalion , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3426 awm_unit: 45 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-06-07 | |
| 27 Jun 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 45th Infantry Battalion , Promoted in Belgium. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Mrs Nellie Pringle, Mascotte, Margaret Street, Petersham, Sydney, New South Wales
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Archibald Edgar PRINGLE was born on 23rd September 1891 at North Sydney, NSW. He joined the NSW Government Railways and Tramways on 12th March 1914 as a Wagon Builder in the Locomotive Branch based at Eveleigh. On 14th August 1915 he was released to join the Expeditionary Forces.
He joined the AIF on 14th August 1915 and was allocated to the 11th Reinforcements to the 13th Infantry Battalion with the rank of Private (Service Number 3426). He nominated his widowed mother, Nellie Pringle, then living at Petersham, NSW, as his next of kin.
He went to Egypt at first and was transferred from the 4th Training Battalion at Zeitoun, Egypt to the 45th Infantry Battalion on 6th March 1916. On 2nd June 1916 he embarked at Alexandria for France and he disembarked at Marseilles on 8th June 1916.
On 10th June 1916 he was admitted to the 2nd Australian General Hospital at Marseilles with blistered feet. He was discharged to duty on 27th June 1916 and reached the 4th Australian Division Base Depot at Etaples on 30th June 1916. On 9th August 1916 he was taken on strength of the 45th Infantry Battalion near Pozières.
On 5th September 1916 he was promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal.
On 30th September 1916 he reported sick with what was initially diagnosed as synovitis of the right knee. After several transfers he was finally admitted to the 25th General Hospital at Boulogne on 5th October 1916, where the diagnosis was changed to scabies. He was transferred to the 7th Convalescence Depot at Boulogne on 13th October 1916, where he stayed until 1st November 1916 when he was discharged to the 3rd Light Rest Camp for one day.
On 2nd November 1916 he marched in to the 4th Australian Division Base Depot at Etaples. He stayed there until 15th February 1917 when he left to re-join the 45th Infantry Battalion, which he did the next day.
On 27th April 1917 he was promoted to the rank of Corporal.
On 7th June 1917 he was killed in action.
A deposition in his Red Cross Enquiry file provides more information. Lance Corporal W J Patterson stated:
‘… During the afternoon of June 17th, /17 I was about 8yds from Pringle at Messines at an advance. A.M.G. Bullet struck him on the head – killing him instantly. The top of his head was blown off. Do not think he was buried. I did not see him afterwards. …’
The site of his grave is unknown, and he is commemorated at the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium. His place of association is Petersham, Sydney, NSW.
After his death his widowed mother was granted a pension of £2 per fortnight with effect from 3 September 1917.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.
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