Service Details
Name:
 PRETIOUS
Given Name:
 BERYL JAMES
Initials:
 B J
Service No:
 4185
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
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Unit:
 24th Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1916-08-27
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Date of Birth:
 1886-06-15
Age:
 30
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Mouquet Farm. Was on a Lewis gun when a bullet wounded him in the head, a shell came 10 minutes later and buried him.
Additional
Information:
Son of William John and Susannah Pretious, of Cape Town, South Africa. Born Loughton, Essex, England. An engine driver at La Fortuna Gold Mine, Barberton. On Barberton War Memorial
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL
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