Albert PRITCHARD

Regimental number9/744
AddressManutuke, Gisborne
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs J Pritchard, Manutuke, Gisborne
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment, 2nd Reinforcements
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 14 December 1914
Members of the 2nd Reinforcements, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment, departed on board three ships: HMNZT 13 'Verdala', HMNZT 14 'Willochra', and HMNZT 15 'Knight of the Garter'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Medals

Military Medal

'Operations on British front near Bertincourt on 3rd September 1918. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. On two different occasions on 3rd September Trooper Pritchard with great coolness and daring carried despatches through very heavy enemy shell and machine gun fire to Brigade Headquarters.'
Source: London Gazette
Date: 24 January 1919

Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Mounted Rifles/Second

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