Clement Murray PRITCHARD

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PRITCHARD, Clement Murray

Service Number:	16768
Enlisted:	14 March 1916, Adelaide
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Field Ambulance
Born:	Windsor, South Australia, 15 January 1892
Home Town:	Windsor, Mallala, South Australia
Schooling:	Long Plains School
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Ypres, Belgium, 21 October 1917, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dublin War Memorial, Long Plains Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

14 Mar 1916:	Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 16768, Royal Australian Army Medical Corps (post WW2), Adelaide
10 Feb 1917:	Involvement Private, 16768, Army Medical Corps (AIF), Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
10 Feb 1917:	Embarked Private, 16768, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Seang Bee, Adelaide
21 Oct 1917:	Involvement Private, 16768, 4th Field Ambulance, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 16768 awm_unit: 4th Australian Field Ambulance awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-21

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Clement Murray PRITCHARD was born in Windsor, South Australia on 15th January, 1892

His parents were Frederick William PRITCHARD & Emily Agnes LINDSAY

He enlisted in Adelaide on 14th March, 1916 & embarked on 10th February, 1917 with the Army Medical Corp on the ship HMAT Seang Bee

Clement was Killed in Action on 21st October, 1917 at Ypres, Belgium - no known grave

His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial

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