Pringle, Harry Tyson
SURNAME
Pringle
NAME
Harry Tyson
PLACE OF BIRTH
Port Douglas
OCCUPATION
Grocer
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT
Port Douglas
DATE OF ENLISTMENT
6-01-15/13-01-15
NEXT OF KIN
Nicholas J Pringle, Fairymount, Mossman, Qld
LINK TO DOUGLAS SHIRE
Born and lived in the district before enlisting at Port Douglas.
REGIMENT 1
Other Light Horse
REGIMENT 2
Special units
RANK
Lance Corporal
CAMPAIGN 1
Middle East
CAMPAIGN 2
Western Front
OTHER INFORMATION
Embarked AScianius 24-05-15; Unallocated Light Horse, then 17'th AASC Coy; awarded 14/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
STORY OUTLINE
Harry Tyson Pringle was raised on the Pringle cane farm at Shannonvale, Mossman.
He enlisted at Port Douglas in January 1915 at age 25, a month after his brother Thomas Lynch.
He served as a Trooper with the Light Horse in Egypt before moving on to the Western Front with the 17th Australian Army Service Corps.
On returning to Australia in March 1919, he returned to the family farm. The Northern Herald, 30 July 1919, noted Harry's return to Mossman
"The latest soldier to return home here is Harry Pringle, who looks fit and well after his encounter with the enemy during the late war".
Harry died in 1973, aged 83 and is buried in the Mossman cemetery.
SERVICE NO
6551
