Bertie Frederick Pryme

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First Name:

Bertie

Middle Name:

Frederick

Last Name:

Pryme

Mother's Name:

Catherine Pryme (nee Brown)

Father's Name:

William Pryme

Date Enlisted:

Monday, September 11, 1916

Rank at Enlistment:

Private

Rank at Discharge:

Private

Unit:

26th Battalion

Service:

Infantry

Awards:

British War Medal

1914/ 1915 Star

Victory Medal

Date of Death:

Thursday, February 1, 1917

Place of Death:

England

Cause of Death:

Disease

Details:

Bertie Pryme (Service No 6135) was born in Wollongong, N.S.W. in 1887. He moved to Queensland and on 8th March 1910 he married Annie Summers.

When he enlisted he was a married 28 year old motor mechanic living in Rockhampton.

Bertie embarked from Brisbane on HMAT A75 Marathon with the 17th Reinforcements, 26th Battalion on 27th October 1916. He arrived in England on 9th January 1917. On 31st January Bertie was admitted to hospital with bronchitis, and died on 1st February 1917, without seeing active service.

Bertie was buried with full military honours a few day later in Durington Cemetery Wiltshire. (Grave 170).

Sources:

NAA: B2455, PRYME BERTIE FREDERICK