Pridmore, Albert

Western FrontAll Campaigns

21 Jan

Written By Renegade Moss

SURNAME

Pridmore

NAME

Albert

PLACE OF BIRTH

Normanton, QLD

OCCUPATION

Butcher

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

Townsville

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

16-9-1915

NEXT OF KIN

(mother) Mrs C M Pridmore, PO Townsville, Qld

LINK TO DOUGLAS SHIRE

Shire Honour Board (see Returning Soldiers Mossman, The Northern Herald, Thursday 16 May, 1918)

REGIMENT 1

49th Battalion

RANK

Private

CAMPAIGN 1

Western Front

DATE DISCHARGED

25-04-18

OTHER INFORMATION

Embarked 30-12-15; Awarded 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal. Died 21-05-55.

STORY OUTLINE

Although, Albert Pridmore was born in Normanton and enlisted at Townsville, an A Pridmore is listed on the Douglas Shire Honour Board and is included in a list of soldiers returning to Mossman (Northern Herald, 16 May 1918). We believe this is he.

Albert Pridmore was a Private with the 49th Battalion on the Western Front but contracted severe rheumatic fever and was hospitalised in France and England.

Private Pridmore returned to Australia in March 1918 and was discharged 25 April 1918. A notation on his records indicates that he died in 1955.

SERVICE NO

3879