In Memory Of
PRETIOUS, BERYL JAMES
Service Details
Age:
30
Date of Birth:
1886-06-15
Service No:
4185
Rank:
Private
Unit:
24th Bn.
Regiment:
Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Date of Death:
1916-08-27
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.
Commemoration
Cemetery:
VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Somme
Country:
France
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
