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PRIES, Edward Heinrich
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 52586 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 December 1917, Perth, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st to 5th Divisional Signal Companies |
| Born: | Busselton, Western Australia, 1 January 1882 |
| Home Town: | Northam, Northam, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Snr Postal Assistant |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Canning, Western Australia, 17 April 1964, aged 82 years |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: | Busselton War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Dec 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 52586, 5th Divisional Signal Company, Perth, Western Australia | |
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| 1 May 1918: | Involvement Sapper, 52586, 1st to 5th Divisional Signal Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1918: | Embarked Sapper, 52586, 1st to 5th Divisional Signal Companies, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 28 Nov 2019: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 52586, 1st to 5th Divisional Signal Companies, Arrived on HT Mahana in Fremantle 25 Sept 1919, medically unfit - Hernia |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Joy Dalgleish
Son of Arthur Robert & Lucy (Guerin) Pries
Father d. 1908 & mother d. 1916
Edward dropped the name Heinrich because of the German overtone.
He married Katherine Byng 1922 in Fremantle, Western Australia.